Meanings
comparative more relational · superlative most relational
- Relating to relations.
essays on relational rights
1 more example
Of these three great groups of feelings the first are extremely unrelational; the second are somewhat more relational; and the third are relational in a comparatively high degree.
1873, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, page 250Antonyms: irrelational, unrelational
- computingOf a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
- artDealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.
relational art
- human sciencesPertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to relations.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving a relation or being related
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From relation + -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian роднински
- роднински (rodninski)concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
Czech relační
- relačnírelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
French relationnel
- relationnelrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
German relational, relational
- relationalrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
- relationalconcerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
Greek σχεσιακός
- σχεσιακός (schesiakós)relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
Hungarian relációs
- relációsrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
Italian relazionale
- relazionaleconcerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
Polish relacyjny, pokrewny
- relacyjnyrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
- pokrewnyconcerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
- relacyjnyconcerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
Portuguese relacional
- relacionalrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
Russian реляцио́нный, ро́дственный
- реляцио́нный (reljaciónnyj)relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
- ро́дственный (ródstvennyj)concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected
Spanish relacional
- relacionalrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
Turkish ilişkisel
- ilişkiselrelating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database
Cite this entry
relational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational
“relational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational.
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