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

Need another word that means the same as “depends”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “depends” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Depends” are: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear

Depends as a Verb

Definitions of "Depends" as a verb

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

• Have faith or confidence in.
• Be contingent upon (something that is elided.

Synonyms of "Depends" as a verb (8 Words)

bank	Be in the banking business. He has built a four cylinder locomotive for banking trains up the Lickey incline.
bet	Maintain with or as if with a bet. I bet she will be there.
calculate	Determine by reasoning, experience, or common sense; reckon or judge. Local authorities have calculated that full training would cost around 5 000 per teacher.
count	Take account of. Can you count the books on your shelf.
look	Of a building or room have an outlook in a specified direction. Lynn immediately looked down her face scarlet.
reckon	Expect, believe, or suppose. You have to reckon with our opponents.
rely	Have faith or confidence in. The charity has to rely entirely on public donations.
swear	Make a solemn statement or promise undertaking to do something or affirming that something is the case. Before God I swear I am innocent.

Usage Examples of "Depends" as a verb

• That depends.

Associations of "Depends" (30 Words)

addicted	Physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance. She is addicted to chocolate.
beholden	Under a moral obligation to someone. I don t like to be beholden to anybody.
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. He didn t believe her.
centrality	The quality of being essential or of the greatest importance. The centrality of religion in their lives.
condition	Apply a conditioner to the hair. Harsh working conditions.
confidence	Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. The priest could not reveal her confidences.
confiding	Willing to entrust personal matters. She was in a confiding mood.
constitutive	Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup. The state began to exercise a new and constitutive function.
context	The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood. The proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives.
credibility	The quality of being believable or trustworthy. The government s loss of credibility.
credible	Capable of being believed. A credible witness.
credit	The money lent or borrowed under a credit arrangement. This deferred tax can be credited to the profit and loss account.
credulity	A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true. Moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience.
crucially	With decisive or vital importance. A question that may have crucially influenced the decision.
dependence	Addiction to drink or drugs. Japan s dependence on imported oil.
dependent	Held from above and hanging down. A dependent prince.
entirely	Without any others being included or involved. Entirely satisfied with the meal.
factor	Be a contributing factor. Last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long.
interdependent	Mutually dependent. We in Europe are all increasingly interdependent.
mutually	In a mutual or shared manner. The agreement was mutually satisfactory.
pendent	Remaining undecided; pending. Pendent catkins.
recourse	Act of turning to for assistance. The bank has recourse against the exporter for losses incurred.
reliance	A person or thing on which someone depends. 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. The charity has to rely entirely on public donations.
symbiotic	Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each. The fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of plant species.
trust	An arrangement whereby a person a trustee holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries. He can be trusted to carry out an impartial investigation.
trustful	Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. Great brown eye true and trustful.
trusting	Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. It is foolish to be too trusting of other people.
uncritical	Not in accordance with the principles of critical analysis. News sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts.