dependent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dependent derivation
Sense 2 adjective
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
dependent children
Related & opposite
- unfree also see
- independent antonym
- independence attribute
- dependant derivation
- dependency derivation
- babelike similar to
- helpless similar to
- interdependent similar to
- myrmecophilous similar to
- leechlike similar to
- reliant similar to
- symbiotic similar to
- underage similar to
Sense 3 adjective
contingent on something else
Related & opposite
- depend derivation
- conditional similar to
Sense 4 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
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
held from above
a pendant bunch of grapes
Related & opposite
- supported similar to
Sense 6 adjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
subject peoples
Related & opposite
- dependency derivation
- national derivation
- subordinate similar to
Sense 7 adjective
addicted to a drug
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dependent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | recipient |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | minion |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unfree |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | independent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dependant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dependency |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | babelike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | helpless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | interdependent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | myrmecophilous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | leechlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | reliant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | symbiotic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | underage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | depend |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | conditional |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | maina |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | supported |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dependency |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | national |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | addiction |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | addicted |