DEPENDS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

depends

verb

present tense third-person singular of depend

as in rests

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 relies

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 depends The South Shore & South Bend also depends on being able to switch freight freely among all railroads operating on the Chicago network, Gilbertson said, and this could be adversely affected if the industry gets more concentrated. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 There isn’t one hiring season The timing also depends heavily on the kind of job someone is looking for. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Their effectiveness depends on power output, beam quality, tracking accuracy, atmospheric conditions, and the time a laser can remain focused. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 How long each company operates depends on how fitting the incentives continue to be for the market. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Desalination plants in the Gulf have been targeted and damaged during the US-Iran war, raising significant alarm in a region that depends overwhelmingly on this technology. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 The right emphasis for your business depends on where the expertise already lives, so choose deliberately, not by default. — Charisma Glassman, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 But that restraint depends on Iranian leaders continuing to believe that avoiding such a confrontation leaves them better off. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 Whether companies have the confidence to make those investments depends, in part, on whether our regulatory system provides predictable outcomes. — Robin Rossenfeld, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2026

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The National Academy of Sciences in 2003, and the American Psychological Association in a 2004 review, concluded that the polygraph rests more on theater than fact.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
The Ultra 4's entire value proposition rests on its battery life.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rests

Verb

Like every tennis player, Alcaraz relies on the wrist of his racket hand to generate the immense levels of speed and spin that make his shots so difficult to handle.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Every industry relies on benchmarks, metrics and assumptions that were created to simplify complex decisions.

— Nathan Miller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of relies

Verb

That in turn feeds ‘The Ticker’, the basic on-screen representation of the score and ‘The Computer’, another programme that turns that raw information into the more intricate graphics that appear on the screen.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Teaching students to actively hunt for where logic breaks turns them from passive consumers into sharp, critical evaluators of AI systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of turns

Verb

But with a new staff and so many new faces across the coaching staff and offensive roster, even what eventually counts as real growth might be slow.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
And honey was never hard to come by—her family counts six generations of beekeepers in it.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of counts

Verb

Nearly everyone rides a stationary bike — high tension, low speed — after a match and quickly downs a protein recovery drink.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
She gets spooked when Cole rides his bike too close, or when a Times reporter turned the page of a notebook too fast.

— Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026