ADV
                            
                            
                                - closely, integrally, intimately, strongly
 - The two ideas are very closely related
 
- inextricably
 
- loosely
 
- not necessarily
 
- largely
 
- partly
 
- directly
 
- indirectly
 - The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay
 
- broadly, roughly
 
- specifically
 
- fundamentally
 
- positively
 
- inversely, negatively
 - The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely related
 
- apparently
 
- clearly, obviously
 
- causally, contextually, functionally, logically, thematically
 - Is unemployment causally related to crime?
 
                             
                         
                                                
                            
                                
PREP
                            
                            
                                - to
 - The occurrence of the disease is apparently related to standards of hygiene
 
                             
                         
                                         
             
         
                
            
            
                
                                            
                                                
                            
                                
ADV
                            
                            
                                - closely
 
- distantly
 
- genetically
 - All the bees in the colony are genetically related
 
                             
                         
                                                
                            
                                
PREP
                            
                            
                                - to
 - He claims to be distantly related to the British royal family