'Dependent' definitions:

Definition of 'dependent'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" [ant: independent]
adjective
Contingent on something else [syn: dependent, dependant, qualified]
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" [syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent, main(a)]
adjective
Held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent]
adjective
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: subject, dependent]
adjective
Addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant, drug- addicted, hooked, strung-out]
noun
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) [syn: dependant, dependent]

Definition of 'Dependent'

From: GCIDE
  • Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
  • 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. [1913 Webster]
  • England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
  • Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. addicted to drugs.
  • Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
  • Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
  • Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dependent'

From: GCIDE
  • Dependent \De*pend"ent\, n.
  • 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. [1913 Webster]
  • A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. [1913 Webster]
  • With all its circumstances and dependents. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: See the Note under Dependant. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dependent'

From: Moby Thesaurus