Relatable is the adjective form of relate, one meaning of which is to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing. Saying something is relatable is the same as saying that you can relate to it.

When was relatable added to the dictionary?

The usage draws on a meaning of relate to ("to understand, to empathize with, to feel a connection with") that is itself rather new, recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary only since 1947 — first showing up in the literature of social work and childhood education.

What does relatable word mean?

1 : able to be related especially : able to be shown or established to have a causal or logical connection to something Some of these linguistic simplifications are directly relatable to the loss of certain language functions … — William A.