RELIANT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

reliant

adjective

Definition of reliant next

as in dependent

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Recent Examples of reliant Kaser’s voice, less reliant on effects than on Hex Dealer, contorts into tones variously resembling Danny Brown and Gilla Band’s Dara Kiely. —

Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026 Airlines grew more reliant on high-spending customers who shell out thousands for plush, premium cabins. —

Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 May 2026 The focus remains on making the production of clean energy more direct and less reliant on centralized infrastructure. —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026 The Supreme Court’s conservative majority voted 6-3 that Louisiana’s second Black-majority district was too heavily reliant on race. —

Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliant

dependent

Adjective

The full nine-mile extension is scheduled to be completed by fall of 2027—just in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics, when Los Angeles will need to move millions of visitors between more than forty venues across one of the most car-dependent cities on earth.

— Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
What color blooms your hydrangeas will deliver is dependent on the pH level of the soil in which it's planted.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 May 2026