pertinent

pertinent

adjective

Definition of PERTINENT

having to do with the matter at hand <he impressed the jury with his concise, pertinent answers to the attorney's 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 to the point

Near Antonyms frivolous, inconsequential, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant; meaningless, purposeless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable; inadmissible

Antonyms extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless