Synonyms of relating

relating

verb

present participle of relate

1

as in communing

to form a close personal relationship

she and I relate so well it's almost like we're siblings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• communing
• bonding
• clicking
• sympathizing
• identifying
• hitting it off
• befriending
• empathizing

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• telling
• recounting
• chronicling
• narrating
• reporting
• reciting
• setting forth
• depicting
• detailing
• charting
• stating
• voicing
• rehearsing
• disclosing
• expressing
• uttering
• revealing
• delivering
• enumerating
• exposing
• giving
• rendering
• divulging
• particularizing
• itemizing
• delineating
• baring
• reeling off
• sketching
• letting on (about)

3

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?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pertaining
• applying
• referring
• concerning
• involving
• appertaining
• affecting
• interesting
• bearing
• touching
• having to do with
• connecting
• linking
• coupling
• treating
• dealing (with)
• interrelating
• associating
• tying in

4

as in associating

to think of (something) in combination

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associating
• identifying
• connecting
• correlating
• linking
• equating
• comparing
• grouping
• likening
• tying (together)
• joining
• lumping (together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separating
• contrasting
• distinguishing
• differentiating
• discriminating
• setting off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relating

Conflict with Indigenous peoples on the Maine frontier had sent traumatized refugees into the region, relating horror stories of attacks on their homes. — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Vollmann was also pessimistic, relating that feeling comes from more than America’s current political issues, but also from the world’s environmental problems. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026

The incentive would allow a 35% to 50% credit on qualified expenses relating specifically to post-production in California. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Relationship science draws a useful line here between two ways of relating. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Presenting one idea, and then relating it back to something political. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 July 2026

Its symbols represent a mathematical formula relating the time periods of celestial bodies’ motions in the sky. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

By researching Seth, Jacob is trying to recapture or devise a purer form of relating. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

So, remember, by finding weeds, noting their location, relating them to a condition, and choosing corrective actions based on that condition, gardeners can begin to form maintenance diagnoses for their gardens through weeds. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026