RELATING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

relating

verb

Definition of relating next

present participle of relate

as in communing

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

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Relevance

as in describing

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

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as in pertaining

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?

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as in associating

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

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Recent Examples of relating The collision of opposing perspectives forges art that challenges and confronts, that forces us out of familiar ways of thinking, relating and being. —

Richard P. Weigand, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026 Feeling withdrawn from relating? —

Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 Reps for both Harry and the King said that the pair met for tea at Clarence House, relating afterwards that no other details would be shared. —

Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 Even the oldest maxim about cab drivers and bell hops giving share prices was tested by relating an anecdote about comments in his village pub from locals and complete strangers firing questions at him and a fellow gold trader about the gold price. —

Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026 This is a time which reminds us that relating is a skill. —

Colin Bedell, Them., 16 Dec. 2025 The Humane Society of Huron Valley made that announcement on Friday, relating the story of Sugar the kitten and the animal abuse investigation reported in fall of 2024 in Ypsilanti. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025 First, by illustrating how a tragedy changed forever the lives of Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal), and second, relating how that devastating event served as the cathartic inspiration for one of the most legendary dramatic works of all time. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025 On expedition, the hunter who joined me on polar bear watch was relating a story from his grandfather who told him the telling sign of narwhal appearance. —

Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

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From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wilderness in hopes of communing with a greater power, to be forced to confront their truest selves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Even the film’s central idea of a child communing with giant, surreal automatons — such a eerily resonant image, recalling James Whale’s original Frankenstein — is ultimately a nonstarter.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025