ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpertinent
ISEE/SSAThard
pertinent
Meaning: directly relevant to the matter being considered
pertinent in a sentence
How pertinent is used in real sentences:
The witness supplied several pertinent details about the missing vehicle.
The reporter asked a pertinent question about the cause of the budget shortfall.
“She sometimes chided them for careless dates, yet she invited correction of her own calculations and asked only for evidence pertinent to the disputed voyages.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for pertinent
Other words for pertinent — relevant, applicable and germane — carry the same meaning.
- relevant
- applicable
- germane
Antonyms of pertinent
Words that mean the opposite of pertinent:
- irrelevant
- extraneous
- unrelated
Where it comes from
From Latin pertinere, meaning 'to relate to.'
Memory hook
PERTINENT sounds like 'part in it': a pertinent fact has a part in the issue.