Gratuitous and Relevant

Opposite meaning words

Gratuitous adjective - Not costing or charging anything.

Show all Definitions

Relevant is an antonym for gratuitous in unjustified topic.

Nearby Words: gratuity, gratuitously

Relevant adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.

Show all Definitions

Gratuitous is an antonym for relevant.

Nearby Words: relevance, relevancy

Gratuitous Rape: Not in regard to the storyline itself - the rape scenes are plot-relevant, but their detail to attention and the Unreliable Narrator in some may come off as overwhelmingly, superfluously gratuitous.

Source: Manga / Endless World

Cite this Source

Relevant and Gratuitous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gratuitous/relevant

Gratuitous & Relevant. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gratuitous/relevant>.

Relevant or Gratuitous. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gratuitous/relevant.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "gratuitous" and "relevant" have occurred on timeline