dependent

de-pen-dent · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Requiring someone or something for support, supply, or what is needed.

  2. 2.

    Contingent on or determined by something else.

  3. 3.

    (grammar) Unable to stand alone as a complete sentence.

  4. 4.

    A person who relies on another for support, especially financial.

Related words

Antonyms: autonomous, independent, self-sufficient
See also: depend, dependency, independent
Synonyms: contingent, reliant, subordinate

Etymology

From Latin dependentem, present participle of dependere (to hang down, depend). Note: In American English, dependent is used for both adjective and noun; British English sometimes uses dependant for the noun.