rely upon

1. 1.

   put trust in with confidence

   “she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough”

   “you can rely on his discretion”

   Synonymsdepend ondepend uponrely on

Questions about rely upon

What does rely upon mean?

rely upon means "put trust in with confidence".

What is another word for rely upon?

Close synonyms include depend on, depend upon, rely on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rely upon a common word?

rely upon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.