Excessive reliance on monetary policy in an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business.
Source: tatoeba (65703)
Reliance
//ɹɪˈlaɪ.əns//
Synonyms for "reliance" (117 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
lovermaecenasmainstaymaintainermaintenancemoral supportparanymphpartisanpatronprayerful hopepresumptionprobabilitypromisepromoterprospectprospectsprotagonistpsychological supportreceptionreliance on
Show 36 more words
sanguine expectationsecondsecondersectarysecuritysecurity blanketsidersponsorstalwartstandbystockstoresubsidysubventionsupportsupportersupportive relationshipsupportive therapysurenesssuretysuspension of disbeliefsustainersustainingsustainmentsustenancesustentationsympathizerthoughttrustunastonishmentupholderupholdingupkeepvotarywell-grounded hopewell-wisher
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- վստահություն noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Bashkir
1 entries- ышаныс noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Bulgarian
3 entries- доверие noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- разчитане на noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- упование noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Finnish
2 entries- riippuvaisuus noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- turvautuminen noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
French
2 entries- confiance noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- dépendance noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
German
4 entries- Abhängige noun (A person or thing which relies on another)
- Abhängigkeit noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- Verlass noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- Vertrauen noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Greek
1 entries- εμπιστοσύνη noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Hindi
2 entries- निर्भरता noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- निर्भरता noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
Italian
4 entries- affidamento noun (A person or thing which relies on another)
- confidenza noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- dipendenza noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- fiducia noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- avhengighet noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- avhengighet noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
Polish
4 entries- bluszczowatość noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- bluszczowość noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- poleganie noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- zaufanie noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Portuguese
2 entries- confiança noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- dependência noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
Russian
1 entries- дове́рие noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
Slovak
3 entries- dôvera noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- spoliehanie sa noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- závislosť noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
Spanish
3 entries- confianza noun (The act of relying on someone or something; trust)
- dependencia noun (The condition of being reliant or dependent)
- dependiente noun (A person or thing which relies on another)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Many of the text formulations arouse suspicion that the author failed to mention a reliance on some English source.
Source: tatoeba (3557510)
A shield and my reliance, o God, Thou ever wert. I'll trust unto Thy guidance, o leave me not ungirt.
Source: tatoeba (6309621)
Algeria needs to reduce its reliance on oil.
Source: tatoeba (8560729)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.