Antonyms for dependent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-pen-duh nt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpɛn dənt

Definition of dependent

Origin : 15c., variant spelling of dependant, now mostly restricted to adjectival use; see -ance. Dependent variable in mathematics is recorded from 1852.

adj weak, helpless
adj contingent, determined by

Example sentences :

But she could not get her mother's feeling of him as a helpless, dependent thing.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

I know little of them; and happily we shall not be dependent on the result of my management.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Nay, would his uncle, on whom he was dependent, consent to such a refusal?
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

We feel ourselves so dependent on it for all that is yet to come.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

We were both too young, too dependent and helpless, to do anything but accept our separation.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He was older than Dorothy, who had always been dependent upon him to a certain extent.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

As if the good name were dependent on him, or anyone like him!
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

He had not learned to be dependent on his kind for companionship.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

What does it matter—except that it's a disgrace to be dependent on such a man?
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Poor Egbert's so dependent on him—quite helpless without him.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Synonyms for dependent

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