Dependence Synonyms

dēpendəns, dipendəns
The inability to provide for oneself
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dependency
  2. addiction
  3. dependance
  4. habituation
  5. need of
  6. yoke
  7. subordination
  8. subservience
  9. servility
  10. inability to act independently
  11. subjection to control
  12. inability to work
  13. reliance on others
  14. helplessness
  15. tutelage
  16. wardship
  17. clientship
Reliance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. belief
  2. faith
  3. confidence
  4. trust
  5. reliance
  6. credence
Contingency
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sequence
  2. connection
  3. interdependence

Words Related to Dependence

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Dependence Sentence Examples

  • The degree of this dependence was always a matter of dispute.

  • Helen's dependence on me for almost everything makes me strong and glad.

  • The dependence of the island on one crop has been an artificial economic condition often of grave momentary danger to prosperity; but generally speaking, the progress of the industry has been steady.

  • But in addition to these distinctive characters, living matter has some other peculiarities, the chief of which are the dependence of all its activities upon moisture and upon heat, within a limited range of temperature, and the fact that it usually possesses a certain structure or organization.

  • The closing verses strike that deep note of absolute dependence on God, which is the glory of the religion of the Old Testament and its chief contribution to the spirit of the Gospels.

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