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 Mathematicians weren’t able to make much progress; their best upper limit on the discrepancy, achieved in 1998, still depended strongly on the dimension of the problem. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Trades have long been negotiated through emails, phone calls and chatrooms, while liquidity discovery has depended on fragmented dealer outreach and manual reconciliation. — Brian Bejile, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 After experimenting with several positions, Valenzuela eventually found a perfect place at left tackle for the Bulldogs and developed a shrewd sense of how much depended on that. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Solving problems now depended on a system of testing and learning in which solutions were continually tried out in the real world and adapted accordingly. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Yet the industry has long depended on a relatively small group of major suppliers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 Public health has always depended on some surrender of individual privacy for collective benefit. — Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Much depended on your bravery, skill, road surface, and entry speed. — New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026 Although that surplus depended on the district executing an additional $30 million in budget cuts this fall, officials added. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended

Verb

Their concepts are travel-based, with their album like a travel brochure that takes fans and listeners on a trip.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Every ten days, programming changes with the phases, which includes different treatments and essential oils designed to increase wellness results based on natural rhythms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

He was thrown in the Andrean sectional game in baseball this last season, which is a monumental task, so he’s relied upon in multiple sports.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Solutions to the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) problem have to date relied on new networking protocols built from scratch—only to discover chicken-and-egg problems, thorny standards wars, and real signal congestion challenges at scale.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

But the votes get counted, the uncertainty clears… and businesses go back to work making money.

— Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Standing along the Iron Horse Trail on a weekday in June, Obolenskiy counted numerous people commuting on e-bikes, possibly to and from work or school.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026