The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MINOR , but the solution may also be CHILD which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Dependent, often crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MINOR | 50 % | 5 |
| CHILD | 50 % | 5 |
Why may CHILD be the right solution?
"Dependent, often" is a clue that suggests someone who relies on someone else for support or care. A child is typically dependent on their parents or caregivers for various needs, making "CHILD" the right answer for this clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dependent, often
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- minor
- conditional
- contingent
- stalk
- glamour
- accidental
- chain
- chaining
- child
- complex
- conditioned
- habit
Crossword Answer definitions
MINOR noun- A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
- A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
- Determinant of a square submatrix
- (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
- A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
- The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells.
- To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
- Of little significance or importance.
- Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
- Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MINOR
- Underage
- Underage one
- Of not much importance
- Scale variety
- One who is one, decidedly
- Juvenile court defendant
- Sad-sounding
- Like some keys
- Asia __
- Trivial