reliance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of RELIANCE

something or someone to which one looks for support <he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times>

Synonyms anchor, buttress, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby

Related Words backbone, sinew(s), spine; right hand; bolsterer, crutch, handmaiden (also handmaid), prop, stay; anchorage, harbor, refuge

the quality or state of needing something or someone <a baby's reliance on her parents> <his reliance on his next-door neighbor for all the local gossip>

Synonyms dependency, reliance

Related Words reciprocity, relativity; confidence, credence, faith, stock, trust

Near Antonyms autonomy, self-determination, sovereignty (also sovranty)

Antonyms independence, independency, self-dependence, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, self-support

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