Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. 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; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
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4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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125 Moby Thesaurus words for "subordinate":
accessory, adjuvant, aide, assistant, assort, auxiliary, below,
beneath, bolt, categorize, classify, client, cog, collate,
collateral, common, commonality, commonalty, contributory,
creature, demeaning, dependent, deprive of freedom, disadvantaged,
disenfranchise, disfranchise, divide, dominate, employee, enslave,
enthrall, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, gradate, grade,
group, hanger-on, helper, hireling, hoi polloi, hold captive,
hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash,
hold in subjection, homager, humble, in the shade, inferior,
infra dig, junior, keep down, keep under, lackey, lead captive,
less, lesser, liege, liege man, lightweight, low, lower,
lower class, lower orders, lowly, make dependent, masses, minion,
minor, modest, myrmidon, next to, ordinary, pawn, peon, peonize,
poor relation, rank, retainer, riddle, right-hand man, satellite,
screen, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string,
secondary, separate, serf, servant, servile, sieve, sift, size,
slave, sort, sort out, staffer, stooge, sub, subaltern, subject,
subjugate, subordinate to, subservient, subsidiary, supplementary,
take captive, third rank, third string, third stringer, tributary,
under, underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vassal,
vassalize, vulgar, yeoman, yes-man
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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