DEPENDENCY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPENDENCY?

Need another word that means the same as “dependency”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “dependency” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dependency” are: addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation, colony, protectorate, province, dominion, outpost, satellite, satellite state, reliance

Dependency as a Noun

Definitions of "Dependency" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dependency” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A country or province controlled by another.
• A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.
• The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
• Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs.
• Dependence.

Synonyms of "Dependency" as a noun (12 Words)

addiction	Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs. Addiction to crack cocaine is spreading.
colony	A group of people living in a colony consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. The American colony in Paris.
dependance	Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs.
dependence	The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. The dependence of our medical schools on grant funds.
dominion	Dominance or power through legal authority. Man s attempt to establish dominion over nature.
habituation	Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs. The training of the horse does not depend on force but on habituation.
outpost	A settlement on the frontier of civilization. The community is the last outpost of civilization in the far north.
protectorate	A state or territory partly controlled by but not a possession of a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs protectorates are established by treaty. Panama was juridically a protectorate of the United States.
province	The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. She knew little about wine that had been her father s province.
reliance	The state of relying on something. He wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists.
satellite	Satellite television. Satellite broadcasting.
satellite state	A person who follows or serves another.

Usage Examples of "Dependency" as a noun

• The country's dependency on the oil industry.
• The islands became dependencies of Norway and Denmark.

Associations of "Dependency" (30 Words)

addicted	Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming. She became addicted to alcohol and diet pills.
beholden	Owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service. I don t like to be beholden to anybody.
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. There are those on the fringes of the Church who do not really believe.
centrality	The quality or fact of being in the middle of somewhere or something. The centrality of religion in their lives.
condition	The state of good health especially in the phrases in condition or in shape or out of condition or out of shape. He was six feet two of perfectly conditioned muscle and bone.
confidence	A feeling of self-assurance arising from an appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities. He had gained the young man s confidence.
confiding	Willing to entrust personal matters. She was in a confiding mood.
constitutive	Forming a part or constituent of something. Language is constitutive of thought.
context	The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning. The historical context.
credibility	The quality of being convincing or believable. The book s anecdotes have scant regard for credibility.
credible	Appearing to merit belief or acceptance. A credible threat.
credit	Used in the phrase to your credit in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise. We credit your account with 100.
credulity	Tendency to believe readily. Moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience.
crucially	With decisive or vital importance. Crucially recipients of these funds would be required to place their work in the public domain.
dependence	Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs. The dependence of our medical schools on grant funds.
dependent	Requiring someone or something for financial or other support. Households with dependent children.
entirely	Solely. We have an entirely different outlook.
factor	With numeral a sunscreen of the sun protection factor specified. A number of factors determined the outcome.
interdependent	(of two or more people or things) dependent on each other. We in Europe are all increasingly interdependent.
mutually	In a mutual or shared manner. Adoption and fostering are not necessarily mutually exclusive alternatives.
pendent	Remaining undecided; pending. The use of jurisdiction to decide pendent claims.
recourse	Act of turning to for assistance. Surgery may be the only recourse.
reliance	Dependence on or trust in someone or something. The farmer s reliance on pesticides.
reliant	Relying on another for support. The company is heavily reliant on the baby market.
rely	Depend on with full trust or confidence. I know I can rely on your discretion.
symbiotic	Denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups. The fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of plant species.
trust	Confer a trust upon. They don t like to trust their money to anyone outside the family.
trustful	Having or marked by a total belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone. 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 expressing criticism or using one’s critical faculties. An uncritical acceptance of the results.