relevant
ADJECTIVE:
1. bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
a relevant remark.
2. having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent.
3. having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand.
4. affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion:
relevant testimony.
5. having social relevance.
6. proportional, relative.
in linguistics:
another word for distinctive.
Synonyms:
applicable, apposite, apropos, appropriate, fitting, germane, material, pertinent, pointed, relative, suitable.
Antonyms:
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless.
Related Words:
pertinent, suited, germane, consistent, applicable, related, compatible, admissible, important, significant, proper, suitable, accordant, allowable, apposite, apt, becoming, cognate, concerning, conforming.
Synonym Study 1:
Apt, pertinent, and all refer to something suitable or fitting.
Apt means to the point and particularly appropriate:
an apt comment.
Pertinent means pertaining to the matter in hand:
a pertinent remark.
Relevant means directly related to and important to the subject:
a relevant opinion.
Synonym Study 2:
Relevant, germane, material, pertinent, apposite, applicable, and apropos mean relating to or bearing upon the matter in hand.
Relevant implies a traceable, significant, logical connection:
found material relevant to her case.
Germane may additionally imply a fitness for or appropriateness to the situation or occasion:
a point not germane to the discussion.
Material implies so close a relationship that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of the case:
facts material to the investigation.
Pertinent stresses a clear and decisive relevance:
a pertinent observation.
Apposite suggests a felicitous relevance:
add an apposite quotation to the definition.
Applicable suggests the fitness of bringing a general rule or principle to bear upon a particular case:
the rule is not applicable in this case.
Apropos suggests being both relevant and opportune:
the quip was apropos.
Origin:
1550–60; < Medieval Latin relevant- (stem of relevāns), special use of Latin, present participle of relevāre to raise, lift up. See relieve, -ant. C16: from Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of relevant: circa 1540. History and Etymology for relevant: Medieval Latin relevant-, relevans, from Latin, present participle of relevare to raise up — more at relieve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 2 june 2020 6:02pm
1. bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:
a relevant remark.
2. having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent.
3. having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand.
4. affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion:
relevant testimony.
5. having social relevance.
6. proportional, relative.
in linguistics:
another word for distinctive.
Synonyms:
applicable, apposite, apropos, appropriate, fitting, germane, material, pertinent, pointed, relative, suitable.
Antonyms:
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless.
Related Words:
pertinent, suited, germane, consistent, applicable, related, compatible, admissible, important, significant, proper, suitable, accordant, allowable, apposite, apt, becoming, cognate, concerning, conforming.
Synonym Study 1:
Apt, pertinent, and all refer to something suitable or fitting.
Apt means to the point and particularly appropriate:
an apt comment.
Pertinent means pertaining to the matter in hand:
a pertinent remark.
Relevant means directly related to and important to the subject:
a relevant opinion.
Synonym Study 2:
Relevant, germane, material, pertinent, apposite, applicable, and apropos mean relating to or bearing upon the matter in hand.
Relevant implies a traceable, significant, logical connection:
found material relevant to her case.
Germane may additionally imply a fitness for or appropriateness to the situation or occasion:
a point not germane to the discussion.
Material implies so close a relationship that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of the case:
facts material to the investigation.
Pertinent stresses a clear and decisive relevance:
a pertinent observation.
Apposite suggests a felicitous relevance:
add an apposite quotation to the definition.
Applicable suggests the fitness of bringing a general rule or principle to bear upon a particular case:
the rule is not applicable in this case.
Apropos suggests being both relevant and opportune:
the quip was apropos.
Origin:
1550–60; < Medieval Latin relevant- (stem of relevāns), special use of Latin, present participle of relevāre to raise, lift up. See relieve, -ant. C16: from Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of relevant: circa 1540. History and Etymology for relevant: Medieval Latin relevant-, relevans, from Latin, present participle of relevare to raise up — more at relieve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 2 june 2020 6:02pm
