DEPENDANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does dependant mean?
• DEPENDANT (noun)
The noun DEPENDANT has 1 sense:
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Familiarity information: DEPENDANT used as a noun is very rare.
• DEPENDANT (adjective)
The adjective DEPENDANT has 2 senses:
1. contingent on something else
2. addicted to a drug
Familiarity information: DEPENDANT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPENDANT (noun)
Meaning:
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent
Hypernyms ("dependant" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who gets something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dependant"):
charge (a person committed to your care)
minion (a servile or fawning dependant)
• DEPENDANT (adjective)
Meaning:
Contingent on something else
Synonyms:
dependant; dependent; qualified
Similar:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
Meaning:
Addicted to a drug
Synonyms:
strung-out; drug-addicted; hooked; dependant; dependent
Similar:
addicted (compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming)
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