dependent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Synonyms

• dependant
• dependent

More generic

• receiver
• recipient

More specific

• charge
• minion

Adjective

addicted to a drug

Synonyms

• dependant
• dependent
• drug-addicted
• hooked
• strung-out

Related

• addicted

Adjective

contingent on something else

Synonyms

• dependant
• dependent
• qualified

Related

• conditional

Adjective

relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

Synonyms

• dependent

Related

• babelike
• bloodsucking
• helpless
• interdependent
• leechlike
• mutualist
• mutually beneficial
• myrmecophilous
• parasitic
• parasitical
• reliant
• symbiotic
• underage

Opposite / Antonyms

• independent

Also See

• unfree

Adjective

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

Synonyms

• dependent
• subordinate

Opposite / Antonyms

• independent

Adjective

being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

Synonyms

• dependent
• subject

Related

• subordinate

Adjective

held from above and hanging down

Synonyms

• dependent
• pendant
• pendent

Related

• supported

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