Synonyms of depends

depends

verb

present tense third-person singular of depend

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rests
• turns
• rides
• stays
• hinges
• hangs
• establishes
• grounds
• bases
• founds

2

as in relies

to place reliance or trust

I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relies
• counts
• stands on
• leans
• looks to
• banks on
• calls on
• calculates
• reckons
• trusts
• figures on
• confides
• entrusts
• commits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questions
• suspects
• distrusts
• mistrusts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depends

Storms last weekend dumped the equivalent of more than two years of water into the town's surface water supply and provided a buffer for an operation that depends heavily on underground aquifers, Huntzinger said. — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

The result depends on the assumption that nuclear reaction rates and neutron decay follow the same scaling as the expansion rate. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

Federal research funding supports jobs and businesses while producing discoveries and training the workforce on which private industry depends. — Carole Labonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

The right balance depends on the task, and the ideal communication structure, which agents can talk to one another, how often and how much, also varies with the problem. — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026

Storms last weekend dumped the equivalent of more than two years of water into the town’s surface water supply and provided a buffer for an operation that depends heavily on underground aquifers, Huntzinger said. — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Fresh water on the island is scarce and depends on El Junco lagoon, while pests and food shipped in from the mainland make farming hard. — Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026

While the ship is expected to quickly attract marine life, measuring its effectiveness depends on the reason it was deployed, said Chris Stallings, a professor of biological oceanography at the University of South Florida in Tampa. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Baltimore’s outlook depends on Lamar Jackson, who is questionable. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026