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 Call-ins were standard at the time; network morning shows and radio stations also depended on accounts from people on the streets. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 The theater district was one of the major engines of New York's tourism economy, supporting the restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, cab drivers, and thousands of workers whose livelihoods depended on people coming into Manhattan. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Rubio said decisions were made case by case and depended on the threat posed by a vessel, its location and local laws. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 And in that time, Mendoza will have become steady enough to be depended on. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 By the 2000s, software development depended as much on reuse as on original construction. — Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Success often depended less on luck than on planning ahead, and that lesson still applies. — Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026 But prices also depended on how bad retailers thought the trade war could get. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Beyond powering vehicles, the wider machinic complex also depended on fossil fuels. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended

Verb

Crucially, the voting is based on player performances between last August and July.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Simmons, founder of The Ringer, is based in California, where sports betting is not legal.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

The concept of growing sod on plastic is one the NFL has really relied on quite heavily to be able to have the level of quality and the ability to turn around and replace a field midseason.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict effectively closed Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil used to flow.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Before Buchanan turned his final prayer into a touchdown, Underwood was quite underwhelming (11 of 21, 123 yards, INT, lost fumble).

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
My patients tell me the apps have turned dating into a competitive marketplace marked by quick and easy rejection.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

Only transfers completed while both teams were simultaneously in the Premier League are included, with loans also counted.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
By the turn of the twentieth century, the area counted some forty maisons du cheval, including riding schools and makers of saddles, harnesses, and carriages.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026