Dependent

adj. relying on, needing (the help or support of another); conditional, contingent

n. one who depends on another for financial or emotional support (especially a child or minor)

Dependency or dependent may refer to:Medicine and psychologyChemical dependency, a need for a substance so strong that it becomes necessary to have this substance to function properlyCo-dependency, a behavioural conditionDependence (behavioral medicine), a continuum of physical and psychological attachments related to the concept of addictionDependent Personality Disorder, a psychiatric condition
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Noun
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
(synonym) dependant
(hypernym) recipient, receiver
(hyponym) charge
Adjective
1. not independent; "dependent children"
(antonym) independent
(similar) babelike
(see-also) unfree
(attribute) independence, independency
2. contingent on something else
(synonym) dependant, qualified
(similar) conditional
3. 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"
(synonym) subordinate
(antonym) independent, main(a)
(classification) grammar
4. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
(synonym) subject
(similar) subordinate
5. addicted to a drug
(synonym) dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out
(similar) addicted

v. depend, belong, take down

(n.)
That which depends; corollary; consequence.
  

(n.)
One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.
  

(a.)
Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
  

(a.)
Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.