ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

elated, connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to; en rapport, in touch
with.
approximative † , approximating; proportional, proportionate, proportionable; allusive,
comparable.
in the same category &c 75; like &c 17; relevant &c (apt) 23; applicable, equiparant † .
Adv. relatively &c adj.; pertinently &c 23.
thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning &c v.; anent; relating
to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to; in respect
of; while speaking of, a propos of [Fr.]; in connection with; by the way, by the by;
whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score
of; quoad hoc [Lat.]; pro re nata [Lat.]; under the head of &c (class) 75, of; in the matter
of, in re.
Phr. thereby hangs a tale [Taming of the Shrew].
10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation -- N. irrelation † , dissociation; misrelation † ;
inapplicability; inconnection † ; multifariousness; disconnection &c (disjunction) 44;
inconsequence, independence; incommensurability; irreconcilableness &c (disagreement)
24; heterogeneity; unconformity &c 83; irrelevancy, impertinence, nihil ad rem [Lat.];
intrusion &c 24; non-pertinence.
V. have no relation to &c 9; have no bearing upon, have no concern with &c 9, have no
business with; not concern &c 9; have no business there, have nothing to do with, intrude
&c 24.
bring in head and shoulders, drag in head and shoulders, lug in head and shoulders.
Adj. irrelative † , irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent, unallied; unconnected,
disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular; extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish,
exotic.
not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable &c 83.
irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite,
beside the mark, a propos de bottes [Fr.]; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose,
foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction,
beside the point; misplaced &c (intrusive) 24; traveling out of the record.
remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor there, quite another thing;
detached, segregate; disquiparant † .
multifarious; discordant &c 24.
incidental, parenthetical, obiter dicta, episodic.
Adv. parenthetically &c adj.; by the way, by the by; en passant [Fr.], incidentally;
irrespectively &c adj.; without reference to, without regard to; in the abstract &c 87; a se.
11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity -- N. consanguinity, relationship, kindred,
blood; parentage &c (paternity) 166; filiation † , affiliation; lineage, agnation † , connection,
alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism.
kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin;
uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german † ; first cousin, second cousin; cousin
once removed, cousin twice removed; &c near relation, distant relation; brother, sister,
one's own flesh and blood.
family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood † .