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relatable

relatable

22 3.7
Easy for many people to understand and feel connected to
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈleɪtəbl/
: con el que identificarse
  • Her struggles with balancing work and family life are relatable to many working parents.
  • more relatable

I think this is such a relatable e-mail.

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Examples

  • I mean, like you said, I pride myself on being relatable to any audience.

  • That would make him more relatable.

  • I think this is such a relatable e-mail.

  • This is going to be the most relatable Try Guys series ever.

  • Oh, great, another relatable story.

  • Many people will find this movie to be both relatable, like I said earlier, and maybe helpful.

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  • Michelle, this is the most relatable thing a mother can possibly say.

  • And this is so relatable and applicable and useful.

  • So our panels are normally very relatable to the average person, which is important.

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  • I chose Food & Liquor; a lot of the songs were incredibly relatable for me.

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Antonyms

1 7.4

Hard to connect with or understand, especially emotionally

How Relatable

universal
312 4.2
relatable
22 3.7
familiar
774 1.0
remote
19 5.4
unrelatable
1 7.4

Surface Forms

relatable positive

Morphology

relatable = relate (transparent) = relate + able

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'relate' plus the productive suffix '-able', yielding 'able to be related to' in an obvious way.

Etymology

The word relatable comes from relate meaning 'to connect' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So something relatable is 'able to be connected to' by people, making it easy to understand or feel close to.