RELATIVITY Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

relativity

noun

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as in reciprocity

the state of having a relation to or connection with or being necessarily reliant upon something else

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Recent Examples of relativity It’s brilliantly put for an American slogan of that post‑Einsteinian understanding of relativity, and how perception of the phenomenal world depends on the measuring instrument and the perceiver. —

Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026 Feeney’s book features multiple narrators, but relativity is not an idea the series bothers to develop. —

Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Entropy still plays a key role at large scales, while relativity continues to describe how time behaves at high speeds and strong gravitational fields. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 Under relativity, all times are equally real. —

Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for relativity

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reciprocity

Noun

Instead, aid may foster a form of international cooperation that does not depend on treaties or direct reciprocity between nations but emerges from ordinary people’s willingness to pass on goodwill.

— JB Bae, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
This is followed by Venus’ ingress into sentimental Cancer, evoking the desire for emotional stability, safety and reciprocity in matters of love, friendship, finances and romance.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026