Related Words for rely on

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count on
//
Phrase, Verb
depend on
x//
Phrase, Verb
depend upon
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
reckon on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
rely upon
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
rely
x/
Verb
rest on
//
Phrase, Verb
bank on
//
Phrase, Verb
depend
x/
Verb
lean on
//
Phrase, Verb
confide
x/
Verb
trust
/
Noun
hinge on
//
Phrase, Verb
believe in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
vouch for
//
Phrase, Verb
rest assured
/x/
Phrase, Verb
assure
x/
Verb
lean
/
Adjective
vouch
/
Verb
put stock in
//x
Phrase, Verb
swear by
//
Phrase, Verb
confide in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
entrust
x/
Verb
draw upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
make sure
//
Phrase, Verb
turn
/
Noun
assume
x/
Verb
take on faith
///
Phrase, Verb
insist
x/
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
accreditation
xxx/x
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun
take for granted
///x
Phrase, Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
bargain for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
recommend
xx/
Verb
bear out
//
Phrase, Verb
think
/
Verb
cling to
/x
Phrase, Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
draw
/
Verb
convince
x/
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
confirm
x/
Verb
credit
/x
Noun
call on
//
Phrase, Verb
support
x/
Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
base on
//
Phrase, Verb
underpin
/xx
Verb
shore up
//
Phrase, Verb
confess
x/
Verb
lie upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
verify
/xx
Verb
figure on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lay on
//
Phrase, Verb
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
draw on
//
Phrase, Verb
prevail upon
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
reckon with
/x/
Phrase, Verb
answer for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hope
/
Noun
credence
/x
Noun
undergird
/x/
Verb
stick with
//
Phrase, Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
lean towards
/xx
Phrase, Verb
take
/
Verb
cling
/
Verb
take advantage of
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
owe it to oneself
///x/
Phrase, Verb
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
adore
x/
Verb
underlie
xx/
Verb
have
/
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
warrant
/x
Noun
construe
x/
Verb
abide by
x//
Phrase, Verb
hold to
//
Phrase, Verb
assert
x/
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
certify
/xx
Verb
condition
x/x
Noun
buttress
/x
Noun
look
/
Noun
lean in
/x
Phrase, Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
figure
/x
Noun
suspect
x/
Noun
bear on
//
Phrase, Verb
corroborate
x/xx
Verb
secure
x/
Adjective
encourage
x/x
Verb
cover
/x
Noun
fake it
//
Phrase, Verb
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
yield
/
Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
retain
x/
Verb
underwrite
/xx
Verb
revolve around
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
import
x/
Noun
contract
/x
Noun
subscribe
x/
Verb
testify
/xx
Verb
creed
/
Noun
rest
/
Noun
predicate
/xx
Noun
prove
/
Verb
take hold
//
Phrase, Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
brace up
//
Phrase, Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
endorse
x/
Verb
hang together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
presuppose
xx/
Verb
clinch
/
Noun
practise
/x
Noun
sustain
x/
Verb
seal
/
Noun
stand behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
reference
/xx
Noun
tend
/
Verb
put a premium on
/x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
validate
/xx
Verb
owe someone one
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
reach for
//
Phrase, Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
cinch
/
Noun
bear
/
Noun
work up
//
Phrase, Verb
make
/
Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
dwell upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep to
//
Phrase, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
favor
/x
Noun
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
take part
//
Phrase, Verb
have it
//
Phrase, Verb
have a handle on
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
subsist
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
relegate
/xx
Verb
latch on
//
Phrase, Verb
absorbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
are
/
Noun
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bank
/
Noun, Verb
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
brand
/
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
cam
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
chess
/
Noun
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
comprise
x/
Verb
confidence
/xx
Noun
consist
x/
Verb, Noun
cosine
x/x
Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
defer
x/
Verb
deodorant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dependence
x/x
Noun
devolve
x/
Verb
distrust
x/
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
employ
x/
Verb, Noun
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
enlist
x/
Verb, Noun
expect
x/
Verb
fend
/
Verb, Noun
friend
/
Noun, Verb
include
x/
Verb, Noun
intend
x/
Verb
involve
x/
Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
miser
/x
Noun
mistrust
x/
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
outsource
x/
Verb
passing
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
plead
/
Verb
prevail
x/
Verb
proud
/
Adjective, Noun
race
/
Noun, Verb
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
reckon
/x
Verb, Noun
recourse
/x
Noun, Verb
recover
x/x
Verb, Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
relay
/x
Noun, Verb
reliable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
reliance
x/x
Noun
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
reposed
x/
Adjective
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
responsible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
revert
x/
Verb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
submit
x/
Verb
swear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tampon
/x
Noun, Verb
tap
/
Verb, Noun
upon
x/
use
/
Noun, Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb