Synonyms for rely
rɪˈlaɪre·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. trust, swear, rely, bankverb

   have confidence or faith in

   "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

   Synonyms:
   depose, affirm, blaspheme, trust, imprecate, depone, swan, aver, confide, avow, entrust, hope, cuss, desire, swear, curse, assert, intrust, commit, deposit, bank, verify, believe

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "rely":

   count, depend, invoke, entrust, trust, proud, build, resort

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1. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen:

   The BLM’s decision ignores the real concerns of rural communities and ranchers who rely on the land in favor of elitist attitudes of those seeking to transform Northeast Montana into a wildlife viewing shed for tourists, agriculture is not an easy way of life, but Montana ranch families – including my own – are proud of their history and heritage that is still a part of our state today.

2. Andrew Solomon:

   A lot of teams rely way too heavily on two or three kids to pitch and those kids are getting overpitched from a pretty young age.

3. Xavier Becerra:

   Today's ruling is an assault on 133 million Americans with preexisting conditions, on the 20 million Americans who rely on the ACA's consumer protections for healthcare, on America's faithful progress toward affordable healthcare for all Americans, the ACA has already survived more than 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts and withstood scrutiny in the Supreme Court.

4. Lao Tzu:

   To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.

5. Liow Tiong Lai:

   We rely on the expert group ... to come up with the plan. I am cautiously optimistic it should be in this area.