Definitions For Dependent

noun

  • A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

adjective

  • Addicted to a drug
  • Contingent on something else
  • Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
  • Held from above and hanging down

adjective

  • Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
  • (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

verb

  • A person (such as a child) whose food, clothing, etc., you are responsible for providing

Is Dependent a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Dependent is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dependent in a Sentence

  • He has been alcohol dependent for several years.
  • The dependent willow branches swayed in the gentle breeze
  • The insurance provides coverage for workers and their dependents.
  • A person's spouse and dependents
  • Do you have any dependents?

Synonyms for Dependent

Antonyms for Dependent

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