dependant
Meaning of dependant
noun
- a person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support.
a single man with no dependants
late Middle English (denoting a dependency): from Old French, literally ‘hanging down from’, present participle of dependre (see depend).
Information about dependant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of dependant is: dependants.
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Hyphenation of dependant
de-pen-dant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- dependant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
dependant synonyms
Meaning dependent:
Meaning a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority:
Meaning a person under the age of full legal responsibility:
Meaning a child or young person under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court:
Meaning a person or thing entrusted to the care of someone:
Meaning a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person:
Meaning a person connected by blood or marriage:
Meaning an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense:
Meaning a person's child or children:
Meaning a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring:
Meaning a child who is fostered or adopted:
Anagrams of dependant
Words that rhyme with dependant
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