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relate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of relate

1 to form a close personal relationship

  • she and I relate so well itʼs almost like weʼre siblings
Synonyms of relate

bond, click, commune
Words Related to relate

befriend

empathize, identify, sympathize
Phrases Synonymous with relate

hit it off

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 of relate

chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, report, tell
Words Related to relate

deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice

detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize

bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal

delineate, depict, express, render, sketch
Phrases Synonymous with relate

set forth

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 of relate

appertain, apply, bear, pertain, refer
Words Related to relate

affect, concern, interest, involve, touch

associate, connect, couple, interrelate, link, tie in

deal (with), treat
Phrases Synonymous with relate

have to do with

4 to think of (something) in combination

  • most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S.
Synonyms of relate

associate, connect, correlate, identify, link
Words Related to relate

compare, equate, liken

group, join, lump (together), tie (together)
Near Antonyms of relate

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

Synonym Discussion of relate

join, combine, unite, connect, link, associate, relate mean to bring or come together into some manner of union. join implies a bringing into contact or conjunction of any degree of closeness.
    • joined forces in an effort to win
combine implies some merging or mingling with corresponding loss of identity of each unit.
    • combined jazz and rock to create a new music
unite implies somewhat greater loss of separate identity.
    • the colonies united to form a republic
connect suggests a loose or external attachment with little or no loss of identity.
    • a mutual defense treaty connected the two nations
link may imply strong connection or inseparability of elements still retaining identity.
    • a name forever linked with liberty
associate stresses the mere fact of frequent occurrence or existence together in space or in logical relation.
    • opera is popularly associated with high society
relate suggests the existence of a real or presumed logical connection.
    • related what he observed to what he already knew

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