Entry Word: pertinent

Function: adjective

Meaning: having to do with the matter at hand <he impressed the jury with his concise, pertinent answers to the attorneyʼs questions>

Synonyms applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, material, pointed, relative, relevant

Related Words appropriate, apt, fit, fitting, suitable; important, meaningful, significant; sensible, useful; admissible, allowable

Phrases in point, to the point

Near Antonyms inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; meaningless, purposeless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable; inadmissible

Antonyms extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, irrelevant, pointless