relevant

/ˈrɛləvənt/

/ˈrɛləvənt/

Something is relevant if it's appropriate or connected to the matter at hand. Relevant things are helpful and on point.

Relevant things are appropriate and make sense at that particular time. In the middle of history class, your teacher loves to get relevant questions: questions that have to do with the material. The teacher won't be thrilled to get a question about math: that's not relevant. You can also say a song or movie is relevant if it's connected to current events or issues people are talking about. When something is relevant, it just fits what is happening.

Definitions of relevant

1. adjective

   having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
   “the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research”

   synonyms:

   applicable

   capable of being applied; having relevance

   germane

   relevant and appropriate

   pertinent

   having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand

   antonyms:

   irrelevant

   having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

   digressive, tangential

   of superficial relevance if any

   extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal

   not pertinent to the matter under consideration

   inapplicable, unsuitable

   not capable of being applied

   moot

   of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)