Thesaurus:pertinent

Thesaurus

pertinent

English

Adjective

Sense: important and suitable to the topic at hand

Synonyms

• applicable
• apposite
• apt
• felicitous
• germane
• in point
• material    [⇒ thesaurus] (legal)
• on point
• on-topic
• pertinent
• relevant
• salient
• to the point (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• irrelevant    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• connected    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:pertain (verb)
• Thesaurus:pertinently (adverb)
• Thesaurus:requisite
• Thesaurus:suitable

Further reading

• “9. relation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pertinent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.