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. 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.

2. Stan Shea:

   There are sharks that must continue swimming to be able to breathe, as they rely on the forward motion to keep water passing through their gill slits and get oxygen.

3. Fiona Wheatley:

   Your ability to give your customers more confidence that they can rely upon is proving to be increasingly challenging.

4. Nela Richardson:

   We expect companies to rely more on data : the sentiment of their workers, how engaged they are, do they feel connected to their teams and the business priorities ? , that is going to be really helpful going forward.

5. Aya Yumiko:

   People like me can't rely on those guarantees.