Definitions

reliant

[ri-lahy-uhnt] / rɪˈlaɪ ənt /

ADJECTIVE

dependent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

relying subservient susceptible

WEAK

accessory to ancillary appurtenant conditional conditioned contingent controlled by counting depending incidental to liable to provisory reckoning regulated by relative subject subject to subordinate sustained by trusting under control of

Example Sentences

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Reliant on imports, Iran also faces a gasoline crisis—which is politically combustible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"As launch nights go, it was a purring Rolls-Royce to GB News' sputtering Robin Reliant," she continued.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2022

"Milk Reliant, not a stand alone cookie. Go with the FIG NEWTON. We don't care about Mr Fig's orientation!"

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2022

Reliant on a diet of fertilizers and pesticides — and on continual mowing — it provides little ecological benefit, and it is, let’s face it, dull.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

The storm-cloud on the hill; Calmly he rests, though, far away In boisterous climes, his vessel lay Reliant on our skill.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

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