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Definition of dependent : 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
2. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger- on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
3. 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; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
4. That which depends; corollary; consequence.

Synonyms:

start, drug-addicted, open, underage, reliant, reliant on, mutually beneficial, pendant, conditioned, over, parasitic, poor, helpless, pendent, weak, give, restricted, part, ward, immature, hooked, clinging, low-level, collateral, addicted, provisory, dependant, relative, myrmecophilous, hooklike, parasitical, indigent, minor, symbiotic, strung-out, interdependent, mutualist, leechlike, aquiline, dependent on, capable, babelike, qualified, charge, certified, bloodsucking

conditional (part of speech: adjective)

contingent, conditional, tentative, provisional

relational (part of speech: adjective)

attendant, connected, correlative, akin, coincident, supplemental, kindred, analogous, affiliated, consanguine, relevant, ancillary, auxiliary, adjunct, associated, pertinent, germane, related, concomitant, blood

subordinate (part of speech: verb)

subjected, subjugated, bound, constrained, obedient, compliant, servile, enthralled, deferent, supine, enslaved, unfranchised, secondary, submissive

inferior (part of speech: adjective)

lesser, subordinate, below, underling, subject, junior, inferior, under, second, subservient

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