under thumb (adjective) dependent: weak, helpless
Sinonime: abased, clinging, counting on, debased, defenseless, humbled,
immature,
indigent,
inferior, lesser,
minor,
poor, reliant, relying on,
secondary,
subordinate, tied to apron strings,
under, under thumb, unsustaining,
vulnerableAntonime: independent,
mature,
strong, unreliant