relatable
Americanadjective
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able to be connected or linked.
The power of the drill is directly relatable to the amount of voltage stored in its battery.
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easy to form a social or emotional connection with; appealing or sympathetic.
She plays the sort of supremely relatable everywoman that moviegoers love and learn from.
Usage
What does relatable mean? If something is relatable, it means you can relate to it—you can identify with it because you’ve experienced it or something similar.Relatable is the adjective form of relate, one meaning of which is to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing. Saying something is relatable is the same as saying that you can relate to it.Relatable can also mean able to be expressed or described, as in Complex concepts like this are not easily relatable in such a short amount of time.It can also mean able to be connected to something else, as in The two events are not so easily relatable—it’s not a simple case of cause and effect. Example: The part in the movie when she hit the snooze button 10 times was so relatable—I do that all the time!
Other Word Forms
- relatability noun
Etymology
Origin of relatable
Example Sentences
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“We gave ourselves a mini-psychology degree just by doing this week after week. So we strike a balance between being relatable, normal girls and people who have been in the game for years.”
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s quite relatable to have somebody who lives life very differently to you,” Dodd says.
From Los Angeles Times
And his youngest daughter is one of my closest friends, so growing up we went to the same school and I’d have sleepovers at Steven’s house — not relatable.
From Los Angeles Times
This has meant the show has spent more time with the very relatable Dunk and his precocious charge Egg.
From Los Angeles Times
Like all good jokes, it’s both funny and achingly relatable, with a punchline that sticks to the ribs.
From Salon
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