- related, related to - being connected or associated; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
Antonyms: unrelated, dissociated, unconnected, misrelated, orthogonal, uncorrelated
- related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
Antonyms: unrelated, unconnected, not kin
- akin, kindred, related - similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
Antonym: dissimilar (indirect, via similar)
- germane, related - having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue"
Antonym: irrelevant (indirect, via relevant)
- associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
--1 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relation1
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
- refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on - have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Something is ----ing PP
- relate - give an account of; "The witness related the events"
--3 is one way to tell, narrate, recount, recite
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relation4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- relate, interrelate - be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun relation6, noun relation1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
=> Something is ----ing PP
- relate - have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
--5 is one way to interact
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relation6
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP