Reverse Dictionary: DEPENDANT / DEPENDENT

ADJECTIVES
► ADJECTIVE of a person: dependent, subordinate, contingent upon someone or something else → 1640
► ANACLITIC over dependent on others for emotional support → 2001 (Bk.)
► BEHOLDING under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent → 1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BUCKET-FED dependent; pampered → 1947 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET-LED dependent; pampered → 1927 Amer. dial.
► ON A STRING subject to the whim of another; in one’s power, dependant → colloq.

NOUNS
► BEHOLDINGNESS the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence → 1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HANGING dependence → c1430 obs.
► PENENCE dependence; reliance → 1899 Amer. dial.
► READSHIP ► REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability → 1829 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADJECTIVE a dependent person → 1597
► ANKLE-SUCKER a child, or a person dependent on others → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEADSMAN a dependant → 1819 Sc.
► BELONGER a person who is dependent on another; an adherent; a follower → 1577 obs.
► BUR ► BURR a person or thing difficult to get rid of; a hanger-on or dependant → 1600
► CLINGING VINE a person who is excessively dependent on, or monopolizes the attention of, another → 1999  (Bk.)
► HANG-BY a term of contempt for a dependant or hanger-on → 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HANGER-ON a follower or dependant → 1549
► HANG-ON a hanger-on, a mean dependant → 1589 obs.
► HING-BY ► HING-ON a hanger-on, a toady or sycophant; a parasite; a dependent or adherent; a flatterer → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INTERLOPER a hanger-on; one who is dependent upon others → 1690 sl.
► LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite → 1672
► MAN, THE a person or group upon whom one is dependent, as the drug supplier for an addict
► ONHANGER a dependent, a hanger-on → 1821 Sc.
► TAG-TAIL a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent, sycophant, toady, hanger-on, parasite; one who always follows along; one who lags behind → 1864
► TOAD-EATER a humble friend or dependant; a female companion or attendant; used contemptuously → 1744
► TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant → 1826
► TO-FALL a dependant → 1822 Sc. 

VERBS
► BE IN LEADING-STRINGS to be in a state of dependence or pupilage → 1779
► CLING LIKE  SHIT TO A SHOVEL to be very dependent on someone; to follow someone around → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► EAT ONE’S TOADS to be a mean dependant, to toady → 1788
► EAT SALT WITH A PERSON to enjoy his hospitality; also, to be dependent upon him → 1539
► LEAD BY THE EARS to keep in abject dependence → 1884
► LEAN ON to depend on → 1920s sl.
► LEAN ON ONE’S OWN BREAKFAST to rely or depend on oneself → 1942 Amer. dial.
► RIDE THE WATER WITH to trust, to depend upon → 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.