dependent

[dih-pen-duhnt] / dɪˈpɛn dənt /

ADJECTIVE

weak, helpless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defenseless poor reliant vulnerable

STRONG

inferior minor secondary subordinate

WEAK

abased clinging counting on debased humbled immature indigent lesser relying on tied to apron strings under under thumb unsustaining

Antonyms

STRONGEST

strong

STRONG

first-class first-rate important major superior

WEAK

free independent mature unreliant

ADJECTIVE

contingent, determined by

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conditional reliant susceptible

STRONG

counting reckoning relative subordinate

WEAK

accessory to ancillary appurtenant controlled by depending incidental to liable to provisory regulated by relying subject to subservient sustained by trusting under control of

Antonyms

WEAK

free independent mature strong unreliant

Example Sentences

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Ohio also tightened requirements for some tax credits and exemptions for 2026, such as limiting dependent exemptions for taxpayers earning more than $500,000 per year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Momentum in the country's service sector "remains weak", while growth in manufacturing is heavily dependent on exports, he warned.

From Barron's

Your husband’s family will have to rally around your mother-in-law if/when she becomes more dependent on you.

From MarketWatch

One of the most prevalent arguments for cooler returns in the year ahead is rooted in the notion that the market has become too heavily dependent on popular artificial-intelligence trades.

From MarketWatch

Palantir is too dependent on stingy government contracts and overly generous to its executives, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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