dependencies

NOUN

confidence, reliance

Synonyms

WEAK

assurance belief credence expectation faith hope interdependence responsibility responsibleness stability steadiness stock trust trustiness trustworthiness

Antonyms

WEAK

freedom independence strength subtraction want

NOUN

addiction, need

Synonyms

WEAK

attachment contingency habit helplessness hook inability security blanket servility subjection subordination subservience vulnerability weakness yoke

Antonyms

WEAK

freedom independence strength subtraction want

NOUN

reliance

Synonyms

STRONG

addiction colony need

Antonyms

WEAK

independence

Example Sentences

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Several have enacted laws regulating AI’s use in therapy, including mental-health chatbots, citing concerns that users can develop dangerous dependencies on the bots and that the technology has advanced quickly without sufficient guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

It will take time for middle-sized democracies in Europe and Asia to wean themselves from dependencies on America and to intensify cooperation among themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The hub says it offers a "sovereign AI platform" that can reduce "risky dependencies" on Chinese and US tech.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Such deep ties - and dependencies - are now not easily discarded.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

At Monticello, several enslaved servants lived in underground rooms with stone walls and brick floors, near the dependencies beneath the first floor of the main house.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis