Synonyms of reliant

reliant

adjective

as in dependent

Related Words

• dependent
• hopeful
• unsophisticated
• childlike
• gullible
• credulous
• naive
• confident
• believing
• guileless
• secure
• unquestioning
• simple
• artless
• unsuspecting
• convinced
• accepting
• innocent
• sure
• trusting
• certain
• overconfident
• unwary
• unsuspicious
• trustful
• confiding

Dissimilar Words

• doubtful
• distrustful
• mistrustful
• doubting
• untrusting
• uncertain
• wary
• unconvinced
• undecided
• hesitant
• incredulous
• unsure
• trustless
• disbelieving
• unbelieving
• suspicious
• unpersuaded
• leery
• skeptical
• dubious
• oversuspicious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reliant

As much as people try to avoid it (and not contribute to it), the untimely animal deaths are an unfortunate, inevitable byproduct of a society reliant on cars. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026

Trump doesn’t seem to realize the damage his import taxes — and the drip, drip, drip of bad news surrounding them — have done to export-reliant South Korea. —William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

Investigators said controllers in the Reagan tower had been overly reliant on asking pilots to spot other aircraft and maintain visual separation. —Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026

Still, a decoupling is unlikely; Europe is hugely reliant on US cloud computing services. —Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026