Synonyms for Dependents:

• n.

  •adjective (noun)
  • adnoun,
  • adjunct,
  • qualifier,
  • dependent,
  • identifier,
  • additional,
  • modifier,
  • descriptive,
  • accessory,
  • attributive,
  • attribute.
  •beggar (noun)
  • mendicant,
  • guttersnipe,
  • indigent,
  • bankrupt,
  • street person,
  • suppliant,
  • pauper,
  • vagrant,
  • alms person,
  • down-and-out,
  • poor person,
  • ward of state,
  • poverty-stricken person.
  •client (noun)
  • disciple,
  • believer,
  • applicant,
  • purchaser,
  • shopper,
  • walk-in,
  • front,
  • head,
  • buyer,
  • follower,
  • patron,
  • consumer,
  • ward,
  • mark,
  • chump,
  • patient.
  •clientele (noun)
  • cortege,
  • clientage,
  • constituency,
  • audience,
  • public,
  • trade,
  • market,
  • Clients,
  • regulars,
  • business,
  • patronage,
  • clientry,
  • patrons.
  •following (noun)
  • rout,
  • fans,
  • entourage,
  • suite,
  • circle,
  • group,
  • train,
  • Hangers-on,
  • supporters,
  • groupies,
  • coterie,
  • adherents,
  • support,
  • retinue.
  •hanger-on (noun)
  • lackey,
  • parasite,
  • truckler,
  • sponger,
  • freeloader,
  • sycophant,
  • flunky,
  • leech,
  • nuisance.
  •have-not (noun)
  • down-and-outer.
  •parasite (noun)
  • barnacle,
  • taker,
  • idler,
  • bloodsucker,
  • sponge,
  • sucker,
  • scrounger,
  • deadbeat.
  •pauper (noun)
  • homeless person,
  • beggar,
  • destitute,
  • supplicant,
  • in the gutter,
  • insolvent,
  • have-not,
  • bum,
  • almsperson,
  • lazarus.
  •pensioner (noun)
  • beneficiary,
  • grantee.
  •servant (noun)
  • helper,
  • server,
  • domestic,
  • hireling,
  • assistant,
  • drudge,
  • minion,
  • retainer,
  • serf,
  • live-in,
  • attendant,
  • cleaning person,
  • menial,
  • help.
  •son (noun)
  • descendant,
  • heir,
  • offspring,
  • scion,
  • boy.
  •subject (noun)
  • case,
  • guinea pig,
  • vassal,
  • national,
  • liege,
  • customer,
  • client.
  •subordinate (noun)
  • junior,
  • second fiddle,
  • gofer,
  • second string,
  • servant,
  • deputy,
  • third string,
  • peon,
  • aide,
  • second,
  • subaltern,
  • scrub,
  • underling,
  • inferior,
  • poor relation.
  •vassal (noun)
  • liegeman,
  • tenant,
  • ESNE,
  • thrall,
  • helot,
  • varlet,
  • bondman,
  • peasant,
  • subject.
  •ward (noun)
  • guardianship,
  • pensioner,
  • child,
  • adopted child,
  • protection,
  • charge,
  • foster child,
  • keeping,
  • care,
  • orphan,
  • pupil,
  • minor,
  • safekeeping,
  • godchild,
  • trust.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • clientele,
  • following.

Paraphrases for Dependents:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, plural
    dependants.
  • Proper noun, singular
    dependant, dependants.
  • Noun, plural
    dependants.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    Persons.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    adherents, Households, schoolchildren, rightholders, claimants, rights-holders, Infants, enfants, servants, personnes, Beneficiaries, Captured, addictions, 'enfants, addicts, paddles, individuals, Spouses, loadings, assigns, familiares, Privies, heirs, Families, Family, Grips, kids, Workloads, familles, householders, successors, Charges, familias, NATIONALS, Siblings, Survivors, Children, kiddies, folks, Properties, backgrounds, familiars, Sons, Babies.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    Dependencies, relative, Relatives.

Antonyms for Dependents:

• n.

  • client
    manager, owner, marketer, rear.
  • clientele
    management, ownership.
  • following
    opposition, disbelievers.
  • minion
    leader, master.
  • parasite
    blessing.
  • pauper
    rich, wealthy.
  • son
    daughter.
  • subordinate
    boss, major, chief, superior.
  • ward
    adult.

Dependents Sentence Examples:

• She longed to creep into some quiet place, alone with Oliver, out of reach of this army of servants and dependents, these impassive and unresponsive faces.

• What I said excited attention, and presently all the officers and dependents of the house, great and small, were gathered around me, from the governor to the porter.

Homophones for Dependents:

• defendant, dependant, daubentoniidae.