Nouns (2)
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dependant, dependent
n. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Verbs (0)
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Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (15)
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subject, dependent
adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
dependent, subordinate
adj. (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"
pendent, pendant, dependent
adj. held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"
dependent, dependant, qualified
adj. contingent on something else
dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out
adj. addicted to a drug
Fuzzynyms (8)
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national, subject
n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
ward
n. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
particularized, particularised
adj. directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"
incidental, incident
adj. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
floppy
adj. hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
Synonyms (41)
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adjunct, assistant
adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
associate(a)
adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
buck
adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"
proxy, deputy
adj. acting as substitute for another
ruled
adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"
secondary
adj. belonging to a lower class or rank
subservient
adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
under(a)
adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"
unfree
adj. hampered and not free; not able to act at will
afloat, floating, buoyed up
adj. borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
based
adj. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form); "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"
braced, buttressed
adj. held up by braces or buttresses
supernatant
adj. of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off"
gimbaled
adj. supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips
suspended
adj. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas"
underhung
adj. supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors"
underslung
adj. supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below
counterfactual, contrary to fact
adj. going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
contingent, contingent on(p), contingent upon(p), dependent on(p), dependant on(p), dependent upon(p), dependant upon(p), depending on(p)
adj. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"
probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
provisory
adj. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"
alcoholic, alcohol-dependent
adj. addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
chronic, inveterate
adj. habitual; "a chronic smoker"
Antonyms (9)
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sovereign, supreme
adj. greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"
independent, main(a)
adj. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
autonomous
adj. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant
adj. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
separate
adj. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
dependent
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