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DEPENDANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dependant" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dependant"):
charge (a person committed to your care)
minion (a servile or fawning dependant)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Addicted to a drug
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent; drug-addicted; hooked; strung-out
Classified under:
Similar:
addicted (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contingent on something else
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent; qualified
Classified under:
Similar:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
Derivation:
depend (be contingent upon (something that is elided))
