relevant

[ rel-uh-vuhnt ]

adjective

1. bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent:

   a relevant remark.

   Synonyms: fitting, suitable, appropriate, apposite, germane, applicable

relevant

/ ˈrɛlɪvənt /

adjective

1. having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent
2. See distinctive
   linguistics another word for distinctive

Pronunciation Note

See irrelevant.

Derived Forms

• ˈrelevantly, adverb
• ˈrelevance, noun

Other Words From

• rele·vance rele·van·cy noun
• rele·vant·ly adverb
• non·rele·vant adjective
• un·rele·vant adjective
• un·rele·vant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of relevant¹

First recorded in 1550–60; from Medieval Latin relevant-, stem of relevāns, special use of Latin present participle of relevāre “to raise, lift up”; relieve ( def ), -ant ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of relevant¹

C16: from Medieval Latin relevans , from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve

Synonym Study

See apt.

Example Sentences

Firstly, you should create a channel to share relevant videos.

From Search Engine Watch

It was first published around a decade ago but, with so many pandemic puppies out there, it’s more relevant than ever.

From Freakonomics

At a high level, Google is aiming to provide search results that are not just as relevant as possible, but also as reliable as possible.

From Search Engine Land

As they note, “Editing GPT-3’s op-ed was no different to editing a human op-ed”—and overall, the result is coherent, relevant and well-written.

From Nautilus

Chesky believes it will continue to be relevant in a post-pandemic world, even one in which social distancing pervades.

From Fortune

Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!

From The Daily Beast

But he added that the tactic ensured all “relevant” topics in the world of politics were back to the world of Paul.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps the most interesting and indeed relevant of this is the C2 (or Command and Control) addresses found in the malware.

From The Daily Beast

Germane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.

From The Daily Beast

If few of the above studies seem relevant to your interests, then congratulations!

From The Daily Beast

"Quite so," I rejoined, grasping eagerly at something which seemed definite and comparatively relevant.

From Project Gutenberg

(b) It gives the same response to stimuli which do not differ in relevant ways.

From Project Gutenberg

So far as the first of these books is concerned, little time need here be spent in finding relevant points of comparison.

From Project Gutenberg

I need not, therefore, do more than draw attention as briefly as possible to those characteristics that are relevant here.

From Project Gutenberg

Clemens accepted this as wise counsel, and prepared an address relevant only to the guest of honor.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• admissible
• applicable
• compatible
• consistent
• germane
• important
• pertinent
• proper
• related
• significant
• suitable
• suited