Definition of dependent

"dependent" in the noun sense

1. dependant, dependent

a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

"dependent" in the adjective sense

1. dependent

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

"dependent children"

"dependent on moisture"

2. dependent, dependant, qualified

contingent on something else

3. dependent, subordinate

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"

4. pendent, pendant, dependent

held from above and hanging down

"a pendant bunch of grapes"

5. subject, dependent

being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

"subject peoples"

"a dependent prince"

6. dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out

addicted to a drug

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Quotations for dependent

A child is an angel dependent on man. [ Count de Maistre ]

Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

Being happy - being appreciative, being grateful - is not altogether a matter of temperament. Nor is it dependent upon outward circumstances. Not at all. [ Ossian Lang ]

The true strength of every human soul is to be dependent on as many nobler as it can discern, and to be depended upon by as many inferior as it can reach. [ John Ruskin ]

It is so possible to be glad in the gladness of other people ; and, too, it is possible so to extend one's own life into higher regions that his happiness shall not be altogether dependent upon other people. [ Lilian Whiting ]

Genius, with all its pride in its own strength, is but a dependent quality, and cannot put forth its whole powers nor claim all its honors without an amount of aid from the talents and labors of others which it is difficult to calculate. [ Bryant ]

There are so many things to lower a man's top-sails - he is such a dependent creature - he is to pay such court to his stomach, his food, his sleep, his exercise - that, in truth, a hero is an idle word. Man seems formed to be a hero in suffering, not a hero in action. Men err in nothing more than in the estimate which they make of human labor. [ Cecil ]

dependent in Scrabble®

The word dependent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters dependent:

DEPENDENT
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

deepend, pendent, pentene

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dependent

DEPENDENT
(135)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In dependent

DEPENDENT
(135)
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DEEPEND
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DEPENDENT
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dependent in Words With Friends™

The word dependent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dependent:

DEPENDENT
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

deepend, pendent, pentene

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dependent

DEPENDENT
(198)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dependent

DEPENDENT
(198)
DEPENDENT
(120)
DEEPEND
(110 = 75 + 35)
PENDENT
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(108)
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DEPENDENT
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Words within the letters of dependent

2 letter words in dependent (2 words)

3 letter words in dependent (8 words)

4 letter words in dependent (11 words)

5 letter words in dependent (2 words)

6 letter words in dependent (8 words)

7 letter words in dependent (3 words)

9 letter words in dependent (1 word)

dependent + 1 blank (1 word)

dependent + 2 blanks (3 words)

Word Growth involving dependent

Shorter words in dependent

en end pend depend

en pen pend depend

pe pen pend depend

en den dent pendent

en end pend pendent

en pen pend pendent

pe pen pend pendent

Longer words containing dependent

cholinedependent

codependent codependents

dependently independently

dependently interdependently

dependently semidependently

dependents codependents

dependents independents

dependents overdependents

dependents underdependents

dosedependent

independent independently

independent independents

independent nonindependent

independent portindependent

independent semiindependent

interdependent interdependently

interdependent noninterdependent

nondependent

overdependent overdependents

portdependent

semidependent semidependently

underdependent underdependents