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