Synonyms of relying

relying

verb

present participle of rely

as in depending

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

• depending
• counting
• leaning
• trusting
• standing on
• looking to
• calculating
• calling on
• banking on
• entrusting
• confiding
• committing
• figuring on
• reckoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• suspecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relying

Without significant ad funding, Bailey had virtually no presence on TV except for news interviews, relying mostly on social media videos to make his pitch. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

SpaceX ultimately became the biggest success story of NASA’s commercial crew and cargo programs, allowing the space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station without relying on Russia’s Soyuz rocket. — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Although such caution is not new, relying on government signals and public investment sets up a perverse incentive for private companies not to invest in the absence of public support, which is exactly what governments want to avoid. — Tom Moerenhout, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026

Babies remain especially vulnerable during their first weeks of life, relying largely on antibodies passed from their mother and the immunity of those around them. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Launched in 2023, NASA's civilian project Starling demonstrated that a swarm of four small satellites can cooperate and operate autonomously in space on a civilian science mission without relying heavily on real-time commands from ground control. — Mark Piesing, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

This looks a bit of a squeeze but is still better than relying on only a day bed. — New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026

Rasoulof stopped relying on metaphor himself after 2010, when he was arrested while making a film and sentenced to five years. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

The lighting design also took into consideration the various needs of daily life, without relying on single light sources. — Marilena Pitino, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026