pertinent

Questions about pertinent

What does pertinent mean?

pertinent means "having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pertinent?

pertinent has 3 syllables: per-ti-nent. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝtɪnɪnt/.

What is another word for pertinent?

Close synonyms include apposite, apt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pertinent a common word?

pertinent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.