Dependency

Synonyms for "dependency" (41 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Noun(4 words)

addiction colony coupling dependance

colony dependence addiction claim dangling

Strong matches (12)

Noun(3 words)

dependence dominion habituation

fee position fee simple feud fiefdom freehold hanging hold holding lease

Related words (20)

leasehold mandate occupancy occupation preoccupation prepossession prescription property squatting sublease suspense suspension tenancy tenure title tutelage villenage wardship

Noun(2 words)

protectorate province

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

8 entries

geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region physical condition physiological condition physiological state state

Antonyms

1 entries

independency

Synonyms

3 entries

addiction colony dependence

Related terms

3 entries

dependee dependence depender

derived

26 entries

British Crown dependency Crown dependency Ross Dependency autodependency chemical dependency chemidependency codependency dependency culture dependency grammar dependency hell dependency injection dependency inversion principle dependency ratio dependency theory engineered dependency environmental dependency syndrome

Showing 16 of 26 words.

derived from

1 entries

depend

has context

1 entries

computing

related to

20 entries

addiction alcohol colony component dependee dependence dependent drug external forming functionality habit independence independent power rule

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

48 translations across 20 languages.

Armenian

2 entries

կախվածություն noun (refusal to exercise initiative)
կախվածություն noun (addiction)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

asılılıq noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
asılılıq noun (addiction)

Catalan

1 entries

dependència noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)

Czech

3 entries

závislost noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
závislost noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)
závislost noun (addiction)

Danish

2 entries

afhængighed noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
afhængighed noun (addiction)

Dutch

4 entries

afhankelijkheid noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
afhankelijkheid noun (addiction)
afhankelijkheid noun (computing: reliance on functionality)
kolonie noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Finnish

4 entries

alainen noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
aloitekyvyttömyys noun (refusal to exercise initiative)
alusmaa noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)
riippuvuus noun (addiction)

French

2 entries

dépendance noun (addiction)
dépendance noun (computing: reliance on functionality)

Georgian

1 entries

კოლონია noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

German

4 entries

Abhängigkeit noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
Abhängigkeit noun (addiction)
Abhängigkeit noun (computing: reliance on functionality)
Dependency noun (computing: reliance on functionality)

Hindi

1 entries

निर्भरता noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)

Hungarian

2 entries

függő terület noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)
függőség noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Indonesian

1 entries

jajahan noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Ingrian

1 entries

vladenja noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Irish

1 entries

spleáchríoch noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Japanese

3 entries

付属品 noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
属国 noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)
属領 noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

biland noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

Romanian

3 entries

colonie noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)
dependență noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
dependență noun (addiction)

Spanish

1 entries

dependencia noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)

Swedish

4 entries

beroende noun (something dependent or subordinate to something else)
beroende noun (addiction)
beroende noun (computing: reliance on functionality)
koloni noun (a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power)

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!

Source: tatoeba (2776764)

Drugs can cause both dependency and tolerance.

Source: tatoeba (4823636)

Algeria needs to get rid of its dependency on oil.

Source: tatoeba (7861229)

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