Synonyms of relied

relied

verb

past tense of rely

as in depended

to place reliance or trust

rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depended
• counted
• leaned
• stood on
• calculated
• trusted
• looked to
• called on
• reckoned
• entrusted
• confided
• banked on
• figured on
• committed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioned
• suspected
• distrusted
• mistrusted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relied

He was thrown in the Andrean sectional game in baseball this last season, which is a monumental task, so he’s relied upon in multiple sports. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Solutions to the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) problem have to date relied on new networking protocols built from scratch—only to discover chicken-and-egg problems, thorny standards wars, and real signal congestion challenges at scale. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Zach said the team relied on positive encouragement throughout the competition, especially when a teammate was struggling. — Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Neighbors Bank relied on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau and Zillow. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Safety remains central Nuclear operators have long relied on simulators to prepare crews for routine operations and unusual plant conditions. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Notre Dame understandably relied on the run game last season (Carr ranked 84th in the FBS in pass attempts), but with running backs Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price now in the NFL, more will be on the quarterback’s shoulders in 2026. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

While the South Korean company has access to in-house supply of memory chips, Vivo and many other Chinese firms have relied on chips from MediaTek, SK Hynix and Samsung, said Shah of Counterpoint Research. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

Once lockdowns began, criminal gangs that had relied on the drug trade saw their supply chains disrupted just as stay-at-home requirements boosted demand for physical goods. — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026