dependent
dependent is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
- adjective. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
- noun. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
- noun. That which depends; corollary; consequence.
- noun. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- adjective. addicted to a drug
- adjective. contingent on something else
- adjective. relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
"dependent children"
"dependent on moisture"
- adjective. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
"a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
- adjective. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
"subject peoples"
"a dependent prince"
- adjective. held from above
"a pendant bunch of grapes"
Synonyms
dependant, hooked, qualified, subordinate, subject, pendant, pendent
Common word forms
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