Synonyms of pertinence

pertinence

noun

ˈpər-tə-nən(t)s 

as in relevance

the fact or state of being pertinent

job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relevance
• relevancy
• applicability
• connection
• bearing
• significance
• importance
• materiality
• appropriateness
• suitability
• aptness
• usefulness
• rightness
• fitness
• appositeness
• suitableness
• fittingness
• seemliness
• felicitousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• irrelevance
• inapplicability
• irrelevancy
• unfitness
• unsuitability
• inappropriateness
• insignificance
• infelicity
• extraneousness
• meaninglessness
• uselessness
• inaptness
• pointlessness
• inappositeness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pertinence

Why would someone’s physical health have any pertinence to their mental health? — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026

But Record of the Year is not a pertinence or a lyric award. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

In other topics of pertinence, MIAA assistant director/wrestling liasion Phil Napolitano asked the committee members to stress to their districts the importance of entering results into FloArena as soon as possible. — Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2025

And yet there is still some pertinence to be mined; plenty of liberal kids are currently railing against the cold self-dealing of their rich, Trump-voting parents. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019