One entry found for pertinent.

Entry Word: pertinent
Function: adjective
Text: having to do with the matter at hand <he impressed the jury with his concise, pertinent answers to the attorney's questions>
Synonyms applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, material, pointed, relative, relevant
Related Words appropriate, apt, fit, fitting, suitable; important, meaningful, significant; sensible, useful; admissible, allowable
Phrases in point, to the point
Near Antonyms inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; meaningless, purposeless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable; inadmissible
Antonyms extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, irrelevant, pointless