relevance
How much matters
Relevance is the quality of being connected to the matter at hand.
Evidence has relevance to a case; a comment has relevance to a discussion.
Something lacking relevance is beside the point: I fail to see the relevance of your question.
In the digital age, relevance often describes how well search results or content match what someone is looking for.
Medium of exchange
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- topicalityPresent-day relevance
- contemporaneityExisting in same period
- immediacyQuality of being direct
newsworthiness · currentness · modernity · up-to-dateness · recency · pertinence · applicability · seasonality
Degree of fitness
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- bearingPosture or orientation
- connectionA joining or relation
- germanenessQuality of being applicable
appositeness · suitability · relatedness · correlation · relation · affinity · linkage · concernment
Quality of mattering
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- consequenceResult of an action
impact · influence · prominence · centrality · substance · meaningfulness · salience · moment
Context of events
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- situationState of affairs
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
domain · sphere · environment · conditions · scope · applicability · parameters · bounds
currency
Medium of exchange
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- topicalityPresent-day relevance
- contemporaneityExisting in same period
immediacy · newsworthiness · currentness · modernity · up-to-dateness · recency · pertinence · applicability · seasonality · trending
applicability
Degree of fitness
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- bearingPosture or orientation
- connectionA joining or relation
germaneness · appositeness · suitability · relatedness · correlation · relation · affinity · linkage · concernment · usefulness
significance
Quality of mattering
consequence · impact · influence · prominence · centrality · substance · meaningfulness · salience · moment · noteworthiness
setting
Context of events
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- situationState of affairs
- frameworkUnderlying support system
background · domain · sphere · environment · conditions · scope · applicability · parameters · bounds · field
- relevancepertinence, pertinent, germane, applicable, apropos
- newsworthinesstimeliness, impact, significance, prominence, public interest
- data qualityaccuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, timeliness
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- importanceimportance, significance, consequence, weight, gravity
- Popularitypopular, fame, famous, trending, viral
relevanceirrelevance
Lack of pertinence
irrelevancy · inapplicability · extraneousness · immateriality · beside the point
relevanceinsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
inconsequence · triviality · pointlessness · meaninglessness · unimportance
relevant, irrelevant, irrelevance, relevancy, relevantly, irrelevancy, irrelevantly, irrelevancies, relevancies