Synonyms for Dependency

Synonyms for "dependency" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(9 words)

colony dependence addiction addictions anaclisis charge clutching colonies dependance

claim dangling

Strong matches (16)

Noun(4 words)

dependentfunctional relationshiphabituation need

fee positionfee simplefeud fiefdom freehold hanging hold holding lease leasehold mandate

Adjective(1 words)

functional relation

Related words (26)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

conditiongeographic areageographic regiongeographical areageographical regionneed personphysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological stateregion reliance requirement state territory

More specific

10 entries

child dependentcolonyeducational dependenceelderly dependentemotional dependencefinancial dependencehardware dependencylibrary dependencyprotectoratesoftware dependency

Collocations

6 entries

dependency chaindependency grapheconomic dependencyheavy dependencypolitical dependencystrong dependency

Inflections

1 entries

dependencies

Derivations

3 entries

depend dependence dependent

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Be careful! Affective dependency is not synonym for love!

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Careful! Emotional dependency is not synonymous with love!

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Drugs can cause both dependency and tolerance.

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Algeria needs to get rid of its dependency on oil.

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