Definitions For Dependent
noun
- A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
adjective
- Addicted to a drug
- Contingent on something else
- Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Held from above and hanging down
adjective
- Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
verb
- A person (such as a child) whose food, clothing, etc., you are responsible for providing
Is Dependents a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17
The word Dependent is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Dependent in a Sentence
- He has been alcohol dependent for several years.
- The dependent willow branches swayed in the gentle breeze
- The insurance provides coverage for workers and their dependents.
- A person's spouse and dependents
- Do you have any dependents?