Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.

Roget 9: relative; correlative etc. 12; cognate; relating to etc. v.; relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to^†; belonging to etc. v.; appurtenant to, in common with.    related, connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to; en rapport, in touch with.    approximative^†, approximating; proportional, proportionate, proportionable; allusive, comparable.    in the same category etc. 75; like etc. 17; relevant etc. (apt) 23; applicable, equiparant^†.    ... show more

Roget 23: agreeing, suiting etc. v.; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous^†, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, etc. n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece [Fr.]; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.    apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem [Lat.], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.    fit adapted, in loco, a propos [Fr.], appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous^†, deft; meet etc. (expedient) 646.    at home, in one's proper element.    ... show more

Roget 476: reasoning etc. v.; rationalistic; argumentative, controversial, dialectic, polemical; discursory^†, discursive; disputatious; Aristotelian^†, eristic^†, eristical^†.    debatable, controvertible.    logical; relevant etc. 23.    ... show more

Dutch: desbetreffende, relevant