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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in relied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of depended Resilience has never depended on assuming prevention will work every time. — Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down statutory removal protections for agency heads depended on the idea that the agency head was exercising executive authority that must ultimately be accountable to the president. — C. Joseph Ross Daval, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026 Advertisement Our economy has long depended on cybersecurity. — Michael Miebach, Time, 30 Oct. 2026 For more than 100 years, the film industry depended on selling movie tickets; Netflix’s agenda was to cut out the middleman and make subscribing to the service feel as obligatory as owning a smartphone. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026 Until recently, ambitious visual concepts largely depended on production resources. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026 The great eras of popular dramatic art have generally depended on broad access. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Norgay’s story explores the tensions of class, colonial power and competing ambitions, while presenting the climbers as equals whose achievement depended on mutual respect. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026 The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended

Verb

Once selected, funds tracking the Nasdaq 100 could purchase General Motors shares based on index weightings, bringing passive capital inflows to the company.

— , CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The documentary premiered on the BBC first, which is how American embassy workers and journalists based in the UK got a look at the film — and started grumbling.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

Netanyahu’s governing coalitions have long relied on ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties that have demanded these exemptions remain in place.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Bringing water to Jerusalem Before the aqueduct was built, the landlocked city of Jerusalem relied on the Gihon Spring and rainfall runoff for its entire water supply, Storchan said.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Now an adult, Jake’s life is about to get turned upside down when the appearance of his childhood wishes clashes with his practical life.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Across Games 4, 5 and 6, Reese shot 9-for-38 from the floor (24%) and turned the ball over 15 times.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected president of Brazil, according to official results from Sunday's runoff election, with more than 96% of the votes counted.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Everyone who resides in our country matters and should be counted.

— Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026