- dependent
- adj1. pendent, hanging down, pensile, pendulous; dangling, drooping, hanging, suspended.2. clinging, leaning, relying, counting on; helpless, weak, vulnerable, defenseless, poor, indigent; minor, youthful, immature, Inf. tied to one's mother's apron strings.3. conditional, conditioned, provisory, provisional, contingent; concomitant, corollary, ancillary, accessory to.4. subordinate, subject to, subservient; at the disposal of, in the hands of; sustained by, held up by, supported by.n5. child, youth, youngster, minor, Inf. deduction, Inf. just a kid, Inf. mamma's boy, charge; apprentice, protege, pupil, student, Inf. teacher's pet.6. pensioner, grantee, retainer; follower, satellite, hanger-on, henchman, puppet, creature, lackey, flunky, Sl. stooge; parasite, sycophant, Inf. camp-follower; subordinate, underling, hireling, mercenary; subject, bondsman, serf, liegeman, thrall, slave; minion, vassal, yeoman, churl; servant, servitor, menial.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.