Need another word that means the same as “dependence”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “dependence” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Dependence” are: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation, helplessness, weakness, defencelessness, vulnerability, reliance on, need for, seeking support from, leaning on, clinging to, reliance
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dependence” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| addiction | The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity. Under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery. |
| clinging to | Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. |
| defencelessness | The property of being helpless in the face of attack. |
| dependance | The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. |
| dependency | A country or province controlled by another. The country s dependency on the oil industry. |
| habituation | A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions. The training of the horse does not depend on force but on habituation. |
| helplessness | A feeling of being unable to manage. Worst of all is the feeling of helplessness. |
| leaning on | An inclination to do something. |
| need for | A condition requiring relief. |
| reliance | A person or thing on which someone depends. He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists. |
| reliance on | The state of relying on something. |
| seeking support from | The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk. |
| vulnerability | Liability of a partnership to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards a rubber. He is confined in isolation because of his vulnerability to infection. |
| weakness | A disadvantage or fault. The weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed. |
| alcohol | Drink containing alcohol. The use of petrol containing alcohol. |
| believable | (of a fictional character or situation) convincing or realistic. She felt that Dawn s story was not quite believable. |
| believe | Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. I believe we ve already met. |
| centrality | The property of being central. He believes that the location s centrality can only be an added advantage for guests. |
| confidant | A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others. A close confidante of the princess. |
| confidence | A feeling of trust (in someone or something. I have confidence in our team. |
| confiding | Willing to tell someone about a secret or private matter and trust them not to repeat it to others. She was in a confiding mood. |
| credibility | The quality of being trusted and believed in. The book s anecdotes have scant regard for credibility. |
| credible | Appearing to merit belief or acceptance. Few people found his story credible. |
| credit | Accounting enter as credit. We credited her for saving our jobs. |
| credulity | Tendency to believe readily. Moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience. |
| credulous | Showing a lack of judgment or experience. The gimmick would convince none but the most credulous. |
| depend | Be grammatically dependent on. His tongue depended from open jaws. |
| dependent | Contingent on something else. Dependent children. |
| faith | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. Men with strong political faiths. |
| interdependent | Mutually dependent. We in Europe are all increasingly interdependent. |
| perseverance | Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Medicine is a field which requires dedication and perseverance. |
| plausible | Apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing. A plausible explanation. |
| recourse | The legal right to demand compensation or payment. His only recourse was the police. |
| reliable | A reliable person or thing. The supporting cast includes old reliables like Mitchell. |
| reliance | Dependence on or trust in someone or something. The farmer s reliance on pesticides. |
| reliant | Dependent on someone or something. The company is heavily reliant on the baby market. |
| rely | Be dependent on. I know I can rely on your discretion. |
| safety | The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions. Insure the safety of the children. |
| trust | A body of trustees. She trusted in the powers of justice. |
| trustful | Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust- Nordhoff & Hall. Great brown eye true and trustful. |
| trusting | Showing or tending to have a belief in a person’s honesty or sincerity; not suspicious. It is foolish to be too trusting of other people. |
| uncritical | Not in accordance with the principles of critical analysis. An uncritical acceptance of the results. |
| will | Pronounced stressing will indicating annoyance about the habitual behaviour described. This action was willed and intended. |
| willing | Given or done readily. Willing helpers. |
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