a. | 1. | Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; |
2. | Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. |
Adj. | 1. | pertinent - having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point" Synonyms: to the point |
2. | pertinent - being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" |
PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319.
a propos, ad rem, admissible, affinitive, appertaining, applying, appropriate, associative, belonging, comparable, comparative, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport, fitting, in point, involving, linking, pertaining, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable, referring, relational, relative, suitable, sympathetic, to the purpose