relate

relate

verb

Definition of RELATE

1

to form a close personal relationship <she and I relate so well it's almost like we're siblings>

Synonyms bond, click, relate

Related Words befriend; empathize, identify, sympathize

2

to give an oral or written account of in some detail <we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago>

Synonyms chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

Related Words deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice; detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal; delineate, depict, express, render, sketch

3

to have a relation or connection <how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?>

Synonyms appertain, bear, pertain, refer, relate

Related Words affect, concern, interest, involve, touch; associate, connect, couple, interrelate, link, tie in; deal (with), treat

4

to think of (something) in combination <most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S.>

Synonyms connect, correlate, identify, link, relate

Related Words compare, equate, liken; group, join, lump (together), tie (together)

Near Antonyms contrast, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate, set off