DEPENDENTS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

dependents

noun

plural of dependent

as in parasites

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Noun

Analyzing mosquito waste showed the presence of viruses along with other parasites.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
Under this theory, organisms figured out how to turn genes off to get these unruly genetic parasites under control.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of parasites

Noun

Hookworms are freeloaders that live at the host’s expense inside their gut, drinking about two drops of blood per day.

— Jay Kakade August 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026
The wide-open scam enriched Haitian freeloaders as Bonheur personally netted a million bucks in just two years after Joe Biden rang the dinner bell for every grifter in the Third World.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of freeloaders

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The lightning-fast process leeches out flavor and compromises textures, and can produce bland, mushy results.

— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2026
The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.

— Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Definition of leeches

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In late August, the hotel turns into a red-carpet event for celebrities, stars of the silver screen, and various hangers-on at the Venice Film Festival to which the Excelsior is inexorably linked, now enjoying its 10th decade.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
The twisted tale involves a cadre of rappers and hangers-on, shootings in separate states, two deaths and various acts of betrayal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of hangers-on

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For more than a century, scientists thought that sponges, or porifera, were the first to branch off — the sister group to all other animals.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026
These non-scratch sponges are safe to use on most surfaces and are easy to rinse clean.

— Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of sponges

Noun

For its sycophants, LIV Golf was a new flavor in the vanilla world of professional golf.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Our state is under siege by the skilled sycophants who surround the president and use his base desires as cover for their own destructive agendas.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sycophants

Noun

One of the villain’s henchmen was a small, shaggy blue creature with a long drooping snout and a sour expression that lived in a cigar box.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Bird himself provides the voices for Xavier’s alien henchmen, Gunsol and Musker.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of henchmen

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