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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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The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending such Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to be installed since 2008.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Aid to Families with Dependent Children was out and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families was in.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

Dependent on the outcome of the trial, Japan may approve a full-scale rollout.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

Dependent on daylight to see what they were doing, workers were commonly allowed to go home after dark.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Dependent, utterly enslaved, many yielded up their votes without opposition.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von

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