Let us consider the equation of a line where x is an independent variable and y is a dependent variable.
Below are a few other names for independent and dependent variables:
| Independent Variable | Dependent Variable |
| Features | Target |
| Covariate | Response |
| Explanatory Variable | Explained Variable |
| Predictor | Predicted |
| Regressor | Regressand |
| Exogenous | Endogenous |