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DEPENDENCY Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word dependency. (exact relations)
There are 8 hypernyms of the word dependency. (close relations)
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addiction
nounn
noun

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• an abnormally strong craving

• (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master

compliance
nounn
noun

• acting according to certain accepted standards

• a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

obedience
nounn
noun

• the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

• the trait of being willing to obey

• behavior intended to please your parents

reliance
nounn
noun

• certainty based on past experience

• the state of relying on something

submission
nounn
noun

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

• the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

• a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

subordination
nounn
noun

• the state of being subordinate to something

• the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

• the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

• the quality of obedient submissiveness

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone

trust
verb, nounv, n
noun

• something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

• certainty based on past experience

• the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others

• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service

• complete confidence in a person or plan etc

• a trustful relationship

verb

• have confidence or faith in

• allow without fear

• be confident about something

• expect and wish

• confer a trust upon

• (chiefly archaic) extend credit to

dependance
nounn
noun

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

dependence
nounn
noun

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

colony
nounn
noun

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

• a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

• a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

habituation
nounn
noun

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

Best Hypernyms For DEPENDENCY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dependency, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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state
Phrases (7)
geographic areageographic regiongeographical areageographical regionphysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological state

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