Meanings
comparative more dependant · superlative most dependant
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of dependent.
Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 177 - misspellingMisspelling of dependent.
However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI
plural dependants
- UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecontingent on something else
adjectiveaddicted to a drug
nouna person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
dependant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependant
“dependant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dependant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependant.
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