rely
To trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
Synonyms
- count
- bet
- depend
- swear
- bank
- look
Related words
- misrely
- overrely
- reliable
- reliance
- reliant
- rely on
- rely upon
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "religo" (fasten, bind fast).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.