| Main Entry: | dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reliance |
Synonyms: |
addiction, colony, need |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
Antonyms: |
independence |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
Synonyms: |
annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing |
Antonyms: |
company |
| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence, reliance |
Synonyms: |
assurance, belief, credence, expectation, faith, hope, interdependence, responsibility, responsibleness, stability, steadiness, stock, trust, trustiness, trustworthiness |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence, strength |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
Synonyms: |
attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
Antonyms: |
independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, champaign, charge, colony, concern, county, demesne, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, shire, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone |
| Main Entry: | relationship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection; friendship |
Synonyms: |
accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, appositeness, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, consociation, contact, contingency, correlation, dependence, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, pertinency, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, relativity, relevance, similarity, tie, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | client state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country that is dependent upon a more powerful country |
Synonyms: |
dependency, dependent state, puppet government, satellite, satellite state |
| Main Entry: | satellite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smaller country dependent upon a larger one |
Synonyms: |
buffer state, dependency, dependent state, protectorate, puppet government, satellite state |
| Main Entry: | dependence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reliance |
Synonyms: |
addictedness, addiction, belief, confidence, craving, credence, dependency, faith, habit, jones, obsession, trust |