Dictionary definition · dependent
noun
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
adjective
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed"dependent children"
- contingent on something else
- (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"
- held from above and hanging down"a pendant bunch of grapes"
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others"subject peoples"
- addicted to a drug
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).