dependent




relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

"dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"

Antonym:
  • independent

Nearest:
  • babelike
  • helpless
  • interdependent; mutualist; mutually beneficial
  • myrmecophilous
  • parasitic; parasitical; leechlike; bloodsucking
  • reliant
  • symbiotic
  • underage


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