Dependence

Noun

 * 1) The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.
 * He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.
 * 1) An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.
 * Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.

Antonyms

 * independence

Related terms

 * dependent
 * dependency
 * interdependence

Adjectives
utter; lifetime; ent; perpetual; creasing; sure; less; magnified; helpless; indirect; appar-disgraceful; irksome; infatuous; absolute; harm; ultimate ; humble.

Thesaurus
Maecenas, a habit, abettor, acceptation, acception, acquiescence, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, admirer, advocate, aficionado, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, angel, apologist, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, backer, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, belief, buff, certainty, chain smoking, champion, cheerful expectation, chronic alcoholism, clientage, clientship, cocainism, confidence, contingency, conviction, correlation, crash, craving, credence, credit, credulity, danglement, dangling, defender, dependency, desire, dipsomania, doomed hope, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, encourager, endorser, expectation, exponent, fair prospect, faith, fan, favorer, fervent hope, friend at court, good cheer, good hope, great expectations, habituation, hanging, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, interrelation, lover, mainstay, maintainer, nicotine addiction, paranymph, partisan, patron, pendency, pendulosity, pendulousness, pensileness, pensility, physical dependence, prayerful hope, presumption, promise, promoter, prospect, prospects, protagonist, psychological dependence, reception, relativity, reliance, reliance on, sanguine expectation, second, seconder, sectary, security, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stock, store, support, supporter, sureness, surety, suspense, suspension, suspension of disbelief, sustainer, sympathizer, tolerance, trust, tutelage, upholder, votary, wardship, well-grounded hope, well-wisher, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms

Translations

 * Albanian: varësi
 * Bulgarian: доверие, зависимост
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: afhankelijkheid,
 * Esperanto: dependeco


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: תלות (tlut)
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: dependencia
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: зависимост
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: verslaving, afhankelijkheid


 * Esperanto: manio, pasio
 * Greek:, εθισμός
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: beroende