germane

Speech parts

1. germane - Noun

2. germane - Adjective

3. germane - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pat allied kindred important point right significant material related apropos applicative seasonable albacore becoming meet
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Antonyms

foreign auxiliary remote peripheral conflicting useless
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Phrases with the word

not germane cousin-germane germane to

Anagrams

Gameren

Examples

Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards. Andrei Tarkovsky

In old days the plastic arts, music, and poesy were so germane to man in his totality that his Transcendence plainly manifest in them. ... What is to-day obvious to all is a decay in the essence of art. ... the opposition to man's true nature as man. Karl Jaspers

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.' David Bowie

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane. Rosie O'Donnell

he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue Source: Internet

According to Ridley, the AAJC and NCCU will be working “to maintain the aesthetic integrity, legacy and historical facts germane to the music. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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