Synonyms of depended

depended

verb

past tense of depend

1

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

• based
• turned
• rested
• rode
• hung
• hinged
• stayed
• founded
• established
• grounded

2

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

• relied
• counted
• leaned
• stood on
• calculated
• looked to
• reckoned
• called on
• trusted
• confided
• banked on
• entrusted
• figured on
• committed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioned
• suspected
• distrusted
• mistrusted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depended

Independent businesses that once depended on customers walking through their doors gained the opportunity to reach shoppers anywhere, competing with national chains in ways that would have been unimaginable before. — Dax Dasilva, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

In June 2023, when the column of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary company moved up the highway toward Moscow, Putin depended on his security services to tell him what was happening. — Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

The Sparrows’ survival under Nazi questioning depended on the Hungarians handing them over to law-respecting German military officers, rather than the murderous Gestapo. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

The organization said some attacks were carried out unilaterally, but most depended on the cooperation or exploitation of institutions in the host country. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Historically, advisory has often depended on the knowledge, instincts and sometimes even the personal relationships of individual partners. — Bas Kniphorst, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Regional states have long depended on outside powers while seeking greater strategic autonomy. — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

At the same time, as the Burke Museum notes, the low-lying forests of nut and beech trees the birds depended on were cleared for farmland as settlement spread west. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Their survival depended not only on tools, but on movement, teaching and the collective preservation of knowledge. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026