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 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for relating

Verb

Trotz believes these hues are never going away because people always want to be communing with nature.

— Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
Even so, in a digital world increasingly impacted by algorithms and all manner of AI, the allure of performers and music fans communing — live and in real time — cannot be underestimated.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026

Definition of communing

Verb

Waltz said the administration wants to hear directly from its Gulf partners about their concerns, describing the collective meeting as an important diplomatic opportunity.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Inter ended its statement by describing how Mazzola wished to be remembered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of describing

Verb

His tenure was cut short amid allegations pertaining to his spending of city funds as well as a relationship with an 18-year-old high school student.

— Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The web portal will launch with a glossary of some 180 terms pertaining to AI designed to bring standardization to what has been an unruly moving target.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pertaining

Verb

King’s reaction, and the way the media was reporting on the verdict, revealed an unseemly form of racial stereotyping, associating a particular moral or legal position with being Black.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
The web now contains one more independent page associating that company with a particular problem, category or use case.

— Mat Golubovic, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associating

Verb

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense issued warnings to residents of Riyadh and the surrounding area early Saturday, telling people to remain indoors because of an aerial threat.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in the fall can be the tail end of summer seasonal allergies.

— Ann Sheehan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

That scrutiny has been applied to researchers applying for new grants as well.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of applying

Verb

The collaboration will focus on identifying potential customers, evaluating sites and developing commercial projects around nT-Tao’s Compact Fusion System.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
When circumstances permit, a factual report, relevant identifying information, and any unanswered requests can be documented afterward.

— Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026