Word Meanings - RELATIONAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Having relation or kindred; related. We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. Tooke. 2. Indicating or specifying some relation. Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. R. Morris.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RELATIONAL)

• Metaphysical
• Mental
• intellectual
• abstract
• Ideal
• conceptional
• subjective
• relational
• notional
• abstruse
• psychical

Related words: (words related to RELATIONAL)

• IDEALISTIC
  Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
• ABSTRUSELY
  In an abstruse manner.
• INTELLECTUALIST
  1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. Bacon. 2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
• METAPHYSICALLY
  In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. South.
• ABSTRACTION
  The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
• CONCEPTIONAL
  Pertaining to conception.
• IDEALOGUE
  One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. Mrs. Browning.
• ABSTRACTEDLY
  In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
• IDEALISM
  The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being ideal. 2. Conception
• SUBJECTIVE
  Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. Subjective sensation , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes
• INTELLECTUAL
  1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers. I. Watts. 2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding;
• ABSTRACTITIOUS
  Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.
• INTELLECTUALLY
  In an intellectual manner.
• ABSTRACTNESS
  The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.
• CONCEPTIONALIST
  A conceptualist.
• IDEALOGIC
  Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.
• ABSTRACTIONAL
  Pertaining to abstraction.
• IDEALESS
  Destitute of an idea.
• IDEALLY
  In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
• INTELLECTUALITY
  Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
• THYROIDEAL
  Thyroid.
• OMENTAL
  Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
• EXPERIMENTAL
  1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. 2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• ELEMENTAL
  1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
• PIGMENTAL; PIGMENTARY
  Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration , a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• REGIMENTALS
  The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• NIDAMENTAL
  of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.
• SACRAMENTALLY
  In a sacrament manner.
• DEPARTMENTAL
  Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
• SACRAMENTALIST
  One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.