RELATING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

relating

verb

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 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 The young players seem to like how Harbaugh is teaching and relating, too. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026 Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 The Pisces new moon creates opportunities for fulfillment through relating. —

Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 In relating her story this way, Gisèle is restoring to the record her waking life. —

Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026 Morello himself serves as kind of a guide in the film, relating his own love of metal growing up as a Black kid in a conservative, ethnically homogeneous suburb of Chicago. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026 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 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

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Verb

But the main event was Madonna communing with the nearly 3,000 fans at the premiere, most of whom have followed her for decades.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 June 2026
Since releasing Mayhem, her first new LP since 2020’s Chromatica, Mother Monster has been communing with her disciples around the world on an extensive tour, which included a massive free concert at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach last year.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026