RELIANT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

reliant

adjective

Definition of reliant next

as in dependent

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Recent Examples of reliant Organizations with over $1 million in annual expenditures are even more reliant on government funding since these grants can make up more than 50% of their total revenue. —

Taryn Palumbo, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Utilities reliant on hydropower from federal generators are worried. —

Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 27 May 2026 Utilities reliant on hydropower from federal generators are worried. —

ABC News, 26 May 2026 No politician in the first 75 years of the nation’s history was more reliant upon partisan editors than President Andrew Jackson, who bestowed federal jobs on at least 40 journalists during his administration. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliant

dependent

Adjective

Beijing’s long-term interests center on creating an overland trade route from China to Europe that is not dependent on partners such as Russia or Iran, which have their own agendas.

— Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Across the country, small colleges have been closing at an alarming pace, especially institutions that were tuition-dependent, undercapitalized, enrollment-fragile and vague in their market position.

— Christos Korgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026