adj.
1 connected
VERBS
▪ be , seem
ADVERB
▪ closely , integrally , intimately , strongly
▪
The two ideas are very closely ~.
▪ significantly
▪
Scores in the test were not significantly ~ to gender.
▪ inextricably
▪ loosely
▪ not necessarily
▪ not remotely
▪
What she was reading was not remotely ~ to her work.
▪ largely
▪ partly
▪ directly , linearly
▪ indirectly , tangentially
▪
Tax rates were indirectly ~ to income.
▪ specifically
▪ positively
▪ inversely , negatively
▪
The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely ~.
▪ apparently
▪ clearly , obviously
▪ causally , contextually , functionally , logically , structurally , thematically
▪
Is unemployment causally ~ to crime?
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The occurrence of the disease is apparently ~ to standards of hygiene.
2 of the same family
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ closely
▪ distantly
▪ biologically , evolutionarily , genetically
▪
All the bees in the colony are genetically ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
He claims to be distantly ~ to the British royal family.
Related is used with these nouns: ↑ article , ↑ discipline , ↑ field , ↑ issue , ↑ link , ↑ matter , ↑ note , ↑ question , ↑ species , ↑ theme , ↑ topic