Synonyms for relevant
ˈrɛl ə vəntrel·e·vant

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1. relevantadjective

   Synonyms:
   applicable, significant, in point, pertinent, germane, salient

   Antonyms:
   irrelevantEnglish

2. relevantadjective

   Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.

   His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.

   Synonyms:
   pertinent, in point, significant, germane, salient, applicable

   Antonyms:
   irrelevantEnglish

3. relevantadjective

   Not out of date; current.

   Synonyms:
   applicable, salient, pertinent, germane, significant, in point

   Antonyms:
   irrelevantEnglish

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. relevantadjective

   Synonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. relevant

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, pertinent, apt, applicable, bearing

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, impertinent, irrelevant

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. relevantadjective

   having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

   "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

   Antonyms:
   irrelevant, orthogonal, tangential, extraneous, moot, unsuitable, immaterial, digressive, inapplicable, impertinent

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1. cogentadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023  

2. contextualadjective

   Submitted by debnathcr on August 25, 2021  

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1. relevantadjective

   Synonyms:
   pertinent, applicable, fit, proper, apt, suitable, appropriate, apposite, to the purpose, to the point

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1. relevantadjective

   Synonyms:
   pertinent, germane, apposite

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1. List of paraphrases for "relevant":

   pertinent, competent, related, concerned, appropriate, corresponding, applicable, relevance, relating, interested, associated, respective, useful, important, involved, germane, pertaining, pertinentes, suitable, proper, adequate, meaningful, interest, responsible, significant, skilled

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How to use relevant in a sentence?

1. World Rugby:

   The health and safety of our players, fans and everyone working on the event is always our highest priority, this prudent decision ...was taken based on the World Health Organisation and relevant public authority travel and health guidelines. (It) ...is fully supported by stakeholders, including unions and commercial partners.

2. Dinesh Gunawardena:

   The president and the prime minister will discuss and take relevant decisions.

3. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   The government will do everything in its power to cooperate with relevant agencies and operators working to restore services as soon as possible.

4. Jennifer Runyon:

   We believe this shows the continued significance of The BGN and the importance of being responsive to concerns about names that are considered offensive, while adhering to established principles, policies, and procedures, the BGN adopts a careful and systematic approach to governing geographic names data and is more relevant and more challenging than ever during the era of the Internet and Geographic Information Systems. We take this responsibility very seriously and hope that everyone will honor the outcomes of the decision process.

5. John Allen:

   He's become the new Nelson Mandela, the new source of moral authority in the world, the papacy has not been this politically relevant since the end of the Cold War.