Meanings
comparative more reliant · superlative most reliant
- Having reliance on somebody or something.
Brown heavily sympathises with the challenges now being faced by his successor Andy Byford and Mayor Sadiq Khan, to secure a more sustainable funding formula for TfL that is less reliant on farebox income.
2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 441 more example
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelying on another for support
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian разчитащ на
- разчитащ на (razčitašt na)having reliance on somebody or something
Finnish riippuvainen
- riippuvainenhaving reliance on somebody or something
French dépendant
- dépendanthaving reliance on somebody or something
German abhängig, angewiesen
- abhängighaving reliance on somebody or something
- angewiesenhaving reliance on somebody or something
Greek εξαρτώμενος
- εξαρτώμενος (exartómenos)having reliance on somebody or something
Hindi आश्रित, निर्भर
- आश्रित (āśrit)having reliance on somebody or something
- निर्भर (nirbhar)having reliance on somebody or something
Hungarian rászoruló
- rászorulóhaving reliance on somebody or something
Italian dipendente
- dipendentehaving reliance on somebody or something
Māori whakawhirinaki
- whakawhirinakihaving reliance on somebody or something
Polish zależny, polegający
- zależnyhaving reliance on somebody or something
- polegającyhaving reliance on somebody or something
- bluszczowatyhaving reliance on somebody or something
- bluszczowyhaving reliance on somebody or something
Portuguese dependente
- dependentehaving reliance on somebody or something
Romanian dependent
- dependenthaving reliance on somebody or something
Slovak závislý
- závislýhaving reliance on somebody or something
Spanish dependiente
- dependientehaving reliance on somebody or something
Turkish bağımlı
- bağımlıhaving reliance on somebody or something
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
reliant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliant
“reliant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reliant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliant.
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