pendent
adjective
pen·dent ˈpen-dənt 
variants or pendant
1
: jutting or leaning over : overhanging
a pendent cliff
2
: supported from above : suspended
icicles pendent from the eaves
3
: remaining undetermined : pending
Synonyms
- dangling
- dependent
- hanging
- pendulous
- suspended
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the dining area is lit by tasteful pendent lamps over the tables
Recent Examples on the Web His distinctive speech-music, though a little rougher and breathier these days, has not altered, a shapely sequence of rhythmic, pendent clauses that resolve in a bassless but confiding growl. 
James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2018
James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Middle English pendaunt
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
pendent
adjective
pen·dent
ˈpen-dənt
1
: remaining undetermined : pending sense 1
a pendent suit
2
: of, relating to, or being the basis of pendent jurisdiction or pendent party jurisdiction
the Supreme Court drew a sharp distinction between pendent claims and pendent parties National Law Journal
National Law Journal3
: dependent sense 1
is pendent upon another claim
dependents
noun
as in freeloaders
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- freeloaders
- parasites
- moochers
- spongers
- leeches
- sycophants
- lackeys
- free riders
- hangers-on
- henchmen
- toadies
- sponges
- flunkeys
- satellites
- deadbeats
- flunkies
- bloodsuckers
- stooges
- idlers
- misers
- tightwads
- yes-men
- cheapskates
- pikers
- skinflints
- niggards
- scrooges
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- benefactors
- supporters
- philanthropists
- somateriae
- somaterias
- somatesthesiae
- somatesthesias
- somatic
- somatic cavity
- somatic cell
- somatic crossing-over
- somatic symptom disorder
- somatic symptom disorders
- somatically
- somatisation
- somatist
- somatists
- somatization
- somato-
- somatoblast
- somatochrome
- somatocyst
- somatocystic
- somatoderm
- somatogenic variation
- somatological
- somatologies
- somatologists