Synonyms of relies

relies

verb

present tense third-person singular of rely

as in depends

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspects
• distrusts
• questions
• mistrusts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relies

The program's trustees project that the trust fund Social Security relies on to help pay retirement benefits may be depleted in the fourth quarter of 2032. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

The low-cost device offers a faster alternative to an older method that relies on epoxy or plaster. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

After all, much like the human body, a building relies on its skeleton as the foundation for life within. — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026

Watch Duty does pull information from official sources but also relies on staff and volunteers to listen to radios, monitor satellite data and analyze announcements from emergency departments to provide additional context. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

But a new approach from the UMass Amherst researchers instead relies on a flexible, biocompatible mesh woven into the tissue and studded with tiny piezoelectric devices, which convert mechanical energy into electricity. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

The city’s school transportation system relies on 48 independent vendors to shuttle 150,000 student bus riders — nearly half of whom have disabilities — across roughly 9,000 daily routes. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Unlike, say, some aspects of the media landscape that relies on the open web. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

To get those shows to viewers abroad, Netflix now relies on 122 localization partners globally, 119 of them dubbing studios. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026