Need another word that means the same as “pertain”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “pertain” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Pertain” are: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, refer, relate, touch, touch on, appertain, relate to, be related to, be connected with, be relevant to, have relevance to, apply to, be pertinent to, have reference to, refer to, have a bearing on, appertain to, affect, involve, cover, belong to, be a part of, be an adjunct of, go along with, be included in, exist, be the order of the day, obtain, be in effect, be the case, be prevalent, prevail, be current, be established
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pertain” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| affect | Touch the feelings of; move emotionally. This new ruling affects your business. |
| appertain | Relate to; concern. The answers generally appertain to improvements in standard of service. |
| appertain to | Be a part or attribute of. |
| apply to | Apply to a surface. |
| be a part of | Be identical to; be someone or something. |
| be an adjunct of | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
| be connected with | Form or compose. |
| be current | Be identical or equivalent to. |
| be established | Occupy a certain position or area. |
| be in effect | Be priced at. |
| be included in | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
| be pertinent to | Occupy a certain position or area. |
| be prevalent | Have an existence, be extant. |
| be related to | Be priced at. |
| be relevant to | Form or compose. |
| be the case | Spend or use time. |
| be the order of the day | Have an existence, be extant. |
| bear on | Cause to be born. |
| belong to | Be a part or adjunct. |
| come to | Come to pass arrive as in due course. |
| concern | Be on the mind of. The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in. |
| cover | Form a cover over. One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims. |
| exist | Have an existence be extant. He could barely exist on such a low wage. |
| go along with | Make a certain noise or sound. |
| have a bearing on | Suffer from; be ill with. |
| have reference to | Undergo. |
| have relevance to | Have ownership or possession of. |
| have to do with | Have a personal or business relationship with someone. |
| involve | Make complex or intricate or complicated. Dinner at Joe s always involves at least six courses. |
| obtain | Get, acquire, or secure (something. Adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain. |
| prevail | Be valid, applicable, or true. He prevailed upon her to visit his parents. |
| refer | Of a word phrase or symbol describe or denote have as a referent. You went wrong when you referred all legislation to a part of virtue. |
| refer to | Be relevant to. |
| relate | Be relevant to. The witness related the events. |
| relate to | Have or establish a relationship to. |
| touch | Make a more or less disguised reference to. I didn t play her records or touch any of her stuff. |
| touch on | Affect emotionally. |
| according | (followed by `to’) as reported or stated by. According to instructions. |
| affect | Have an effect on; make a difference to. Your attitude will affect how successful you are. |
| appertain | Relate to; concern. The institutional arrangements which appertain under the system. |
| combine | Combine so as to form a whole mix. A new product which combines the benefits of a hairspray and a gel. |
| comprise | Consist of; be made up of. The land he conquered comprised several provinces. |
| concern | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it. Those concerned in industry academia and government. |
| connection | An arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc. Sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs. |
| connote | (of a word) imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or primary meaning. Spinsterhood connoted failure. |
| contain | Be capable of holding or containing. This can contains water. |
| correlate | Mutually related. The study found that success in the educational system correlates highly with class. |
| correlated | Mutually related. |
| entail | The act of entailing property the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple. Her father s estate was entailed on a cousin. |
| entangle | Entrap. Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled. |
| exist | Have an existence be extant. He could barely exist on such a low wage. |
| implicate | Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result. He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government. |
| implicated | Culpably involved. Named three officials implicated in the plot. |
| implicit | With no qualification or question; absolute. Comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies. |
| include | Make part of a whole or set. Other changes included the abolition of the death penalty. |
| included | Contained as part of a whole being considered. All of Europe Britain included. |
| incorporate | Include or contain; have as a component. Some schemes incorporated all these variations. |
| indirectly | Through implication; obliquely. Both writers refer if only indirectly to a wealth of other art. |
| involve | Have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result. Angela told me she was involved with someone else. |
| involved | Emotionally involved. The involved muscles. |
| linked | Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks. |
| relate | Have reference to; concern. A supercomputer could relate all those factors. |
| related | Associated with the specified item or process, especially causally. Sleeping sickness and related diseases. |
| relation | The way in which two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other. He has distant relations back in New Jersey. |
| socialize | Make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies. The children must be properly socialized. |
| tangle | Tangle or complicate. They carved their way through the tangle of vines. |
| tie | The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided. Norman needed a par to tie with Nicklaus. |
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