dependents
Those you support
Dependents are people who rely on someone else for financial support, especially for tax and insurance purposes.
A worker's dependents typically include a spouse and children: She claimed three dependents on her tax return.
The term extends to anyone who depends on another for care or sustenance.
Also spelled dependants, particularly in British English.
Young human beings
- kidsYoung human offspring
- minorsThose below legal age
- toddlersVery young children
- infantsVery young children
babies · adolescents · teens · youth · newborns · juveniles · progeny · brood
Married partner
- childrenYoung human beings
- parentsMother and father
- siblingsFellow offspring
- relativesThose connected by blood
grandparents · in-laws · niece · nephew · cousins · household · kin · stepchildren
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- wardProtected person; division
- chargeCost or accusation
- conservatorshipCourt-appointed care management
power of attorney · legal responsibility · court order · visitation · parental rights · beneficiary · trustee · estate
Releases from obligation
- deductionsConclusions from reasoning
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- withholdingKeeping from another
- IRSFederal tax collector
filing · qualifying · claim · 1040 · schedule · adjustments · taxpayer · joint
Preserving working condition
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- child supportMandated parental financial contribution
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- upkeepOngoing preservation effort
sustenance · welfare · assistance · subsidy · benefits · financial aid · food stamps · Medicaid
children
Young human beings
infants · babies · adolescents · teens · youth · newborns · juveniles · progeny · brood · young ones
spouse
Married partner
relatives · grandparents · in-laws · niece · nephew · cousins · household · kin · stepchildren · adopted
custody
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- wardProtected person; division
- chargeCost or accusation
conservatorship · power of attorney · legal responsibility · court order · visitation · parental rights · beneficiary · trustee · estate · heir
exemptions
Releases from obligation
- deductionsConclusions from reasoning
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- withholdingKeeping from another
IRS · filing · qualifying · claim · 1040 · schedule · adjustments · taxpayer · joint · income
maintenance
Preserving working condition
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- child supportMandated parental financial contribution
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
upkeep · sustenance · welfare · assistance · subsidy · benefits · financial aid · food stamps · Medicaid · SNAP
- Federal TaxesIRS, tax return, tax refund, Form 1040, 1040
- Tax Rulesdeductions, credits, exemptions, filing status, withholding
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- familiesnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single-parent family
dependentsproviders
Those who furnish
breadwinners · supporters · earners · independents · wage earners
dependentsindependents
Unaffiliated persons or entities
free agents · principals · decision-makers · adults · authorities
dependentscaregivers
Those who tend others
guardians · custodians · caretakers · providers · supporters
- emotional dependencyUnhealthy reliance on another's support
- psychological dependenceNon-physical addiction to something
- alcohol dependencyInability to control drinking
- drug dependencyCompulsive substance reliance
- alcohol dependenceCompulsive need to drink
- drug dependenceCompulsive substance reliance
independent, independence, dependent, dependence, dependency, interdependent, interdependence, codependency, codependent