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   Not out of date; current.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

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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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1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   I hope that no American ... will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

2. Ayham Kamel:

   There is still a central government in Baghdad that is nominally in charge of the country as a whole, but in real terms the central government is less relevant in Kurdish areas, it is irrelevant in the Sunni heartland and it is also less relevant in the (Shi'ite) south.

3. Robert J. Sawyer:

   How do you define God Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.

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. Fred Waggoner:

   Success is relevant to coping with obstacles... But no problem is ever solved by those, who, when they fail, look for someone to blame instead of something to do.