Antonyms for irrelevant
ɪˈrɛl ə vənt; ɪˈrɛv ə ləntir·rel·e·vant

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1. irrelevantadjective

   Antonyms:
   relevant

2. irrelevantadjective

   Antonyms:
   relevant

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. irrelevantadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. irrelevantadjective

   having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

   "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"

   Antonyms:
   pertinent, applicable, relevant, germane(p)

How to use irrelevant in a sentence?

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   The policy here is irrelevant. It is about the encroachment of the president on powers that aren’t his, as it was said by the attorney who is bringing the case, Ken Paxton of Texas, the president himself has admitted over and over again that this is outside his powers.

2. Donald Trump:

   I am not surprised the dishonest, irrelevant and totally failing Club for Growth has resorted to attacking the definitive front runner, especially after I refused to contribute to their pathetic group. We will be releasing my current tax proposal, which is a major decrease in taxes, in the next week and will continue to expose the two faced hypocrisy of the Club for Growth and the problems groups like this perpetuate within a broken Washington, D.C..

3. Charles Lamb:

   A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.

4. Howard Hendricks:

   You can impress people from a distance but you can impact them only up close.""The more sensitive you become toward sin, the more aware you'll be for the need of godliness and holiness.""The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.""You teach what you know but you reproduce what you are.""People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant!

5. Andjelko Milardovic:

   Anything is possible in the run-off, but for the HDZ, the outcome if this ballot is almost irrelevant. There is such a great likelihood that they will return to power in the general election next year, given the SDP's failed promises and loss of trust.

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