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
• appertaining
• involving
• affecting
• interesting
• bearing
• having to do with
• touching
• connecting
• linking
• associating
• coupling
• treating
• dealing (with)
• interrelating
• tieing in
• 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
• correlating
• connecting
• linking
• equating
• comparing
• likening
• grouping
• tying (together)
• joining
• tieing (together)
• lumping (together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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