situational

ADJECTIVE

relating to a specific situation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumstantial specific

STRONG

circumstanced evidential

WEAK

coincidental conditional contingent environmental incidental inferential provisional situated

Example Sentences

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His Situational Awareness LP scaled its long equity book to about $5.5 billion in late 2025 from $225 million a year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Situational irony is when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Situational hitting can be a fickle stat in baseball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

The operations were said to be part of a new U.S. program called Indo-Pacific Maritime Situational Awareness System, part of a global monitoring system.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Maxlimer makes use of a communications and control system known as Global Situational Awareness via Internet.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2020