relation: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with N
Meaning of relation
noun
- countable, uncountable
The manner in which two things may be associated.
Example: The relation between diet and health is complex.
- countable, uncountable
A member of one's extended family; a relative.
Example: Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
- countable, in-plural, uncountable
A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
Example: the foreign relations of the United States
- countable, uncountable
The act of relating a story.
Example: Your relation of the events is different from mine.
Listed forms: relations.
Source: Wiktionary — relation.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for relation.
noun
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- sexual intercourse
- intercourse
- sex act
- copulation
- coitus
- coition
- sexual congress
- sexual relation
- carnal knowledge
noun
a person related by blood or marriage
noun
an act of narration
noun
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- relation back
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is relation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of relation
R(1) + E(1) + L(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of relation
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from relation
286 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in relation. Showing up to 24, longest first.