DEPENDED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

depended

verb

past tense of depend

as in based

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get

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as in relied

to place reliance or trust I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it

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Recent Examples of depended The ship’s viability depended on sales, which weren’t going as well as planned. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026 Trump caught in a trap with voters How voters felt about the overall economy generally depended on the size of their paychecks. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 The company was growing while its decision-making structure still depended too much on me. — Bryan Ovalles, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The difference depended on the strength of currents in Earth’s upper atmosphere and local conditions – including how electrically conductive the upper atmosphere is overhead and how conductive the ground beneath the magnetic station is. — Mark Moldwin, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026 But this past month, even mild fall weather didn’t provide the breathing room our grid has long depended on. — H. Russell Frisby, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026 Notably, the accuracy of the responses depended more on the chatbot than the questions posed, the researchers found. — Katie McQue, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026 Even a mandate as simple as removing racist or demeaning school mascots has depended more on districts’ voluntary compliance than force. — David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026 Advertisement Our economy has long depended on cybersecurity. — Michael Miebach, Time, 30 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended

Verb

Once entirely based in Palm Beach County, the district was redrawn to stretch from West Broward and Palm Beach counties through communities along the southern rim of Lake Okeechobee, all the way to the Gulf Coast in Collier County.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Insurance agent Ken McFeeters filed a lawsuit challenging the senator’s eligibility based on residency requirements, but the lawsuit was dismissed.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

Tiffany, who survived a small plane crash while campaigning, largely relied on three billionaire megadonors to outspend Crowley.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Locklin was up 22 percentage points in the Broward County portion of the district, which was added in this year’s redistricting, while Díaz-Balart relied on his strength in Miami-Dade to pull ahead by 22 points too.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

The ambush-style attack turned into an eight-hour standoff with law enforcement.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
The Chiefs entered 2026 hoping to rebound from a 6-11 season and return to the Super Bowl conversation, but their loss to Denver has turned simply winning the division into a dogfight.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

Federal officials contend the voters’ citizenship must be verified before their ballots are counted and requested that the ballots be set aside.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
The administration, for its part, said segregating the ballots was a modest request that would eventually allow legal votes to still be counted.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026