Meaning & use
reliant
Depending on someone or something for support, help, or supply.
See it in a sentence
The small island nation is heavily reliant on tourism for most of its income.
As he recovered from surgery, he became briefly reliant on his daughter for daily tasks.
A note on using this word
Reliant is almost always followed by 'on' or 'upon' and describes ongoing dependence rather than a single instance of help.
Words with a similar meaning
dependentcontingent
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Words with an opposite meaning
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