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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Relevance

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 Law of the Sea Meets Digital Reality The international legal framework governing the oceans was designed in an era when maritime enforcement depended almost entirely on physical presence. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026 Yet the underlying business model of these platforms depended more on maximizing engagement and advertising revenue than on nurturing authentic relationships. — Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Their success depended on transforming physical assets, supply chains and industrial processes into repeatable output at increasing levels of efficiency. — Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Taken together, the evidence suggests the wolves may have depended on humans in some way, perhaps receiving food from nearby communities or even traveling to the island with them by boat. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 The study depended on data from the Laser Relativity Satellite 2 (LARES-2), a mission led by Ciufolini. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 July 2026 Both depended on a broadcaster willing to take a particular kind of risk, support the show at scale, promote it hard, and give it the time and visibility to become a national habit. — Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 Many residents relied on tourism, and local businesses depended on suppliers in La Guaira, but some of those suppliers no longer have buildings or have lost their lives. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 American makers relied on unfinished movements imported from England, much as English makers themselves depended on highly specialized cottage industries. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depended

Verb

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
While the three-paragraph Puck item was hastily aggregated by other media outlets, giving the inaccurate impression a deal was imminent, it also was based on a key assumption.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of based

Verb

Emergency teams first relied on inflatable rescue boats and assault boats to reach those stranded.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
That’s the biggest change to an offense that relied too much last year on Christian McCaffrey and can’t count too much too soon on George Kittle’s Achilles recovery this year.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

The Ghastly Grotto started its life as a simple CostCo shed, but Mitchell has since turned it into a full-scale tiki bar, with niches and grottos packed with art, figurines and other bric-a-brac, all with a ghoulish bent.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
So, his company has turned instead to an app, Zello, run by a private company, which notifies locals of Russian drones flying nearby.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

When a family receives SNAP, a student can be automatically counted as eligible for federal school meal funding through direct certification.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Analysts disagree about just how much should be counted when tracking Chinese investments abroad.

— Robert Ferris, CNBC, 13 July 2026