reliant
[ri-lahy-uh nt]
- having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- confident; trustful.
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Origin of reliant
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susceptiblesubservientrelyingancillaryconditionalconditionedcontingentprovisoryreckoningrelativesubjectsubordinatetrustingappurtenantdependingExamples from the Web for reliant
Contemporary Examples
Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.
The nationally televised mega-event was held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.
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Democrats want to control women by making them reliant on the government for birth control.
Are you reliant on the bus, car or train to get from point A to B to C each day?
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Now the monarch himself is increasingly alone before the people, and reliant more than ever before on foreign support.
Historical Examples
He was not particularly handsome, but possessed a strong, reliant face.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
There was something so strong, reliant, masterful about her Jack that made him irresistible to her.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
She understood the strong, reliant nature which underlaid the quiet exterior.
The Hound From The NorthRidgwell Cullum
The utter collapse of the old man, always so reliant before, had served to fire all his latent energy.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
We note her reliant step; her form, too thin; her face a little weary from over-hard studying.
The Story of a LifeJ. Breckenridge Ellis
Word Origin and History for reliant
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper