relative

Meanings

Plural: relatives

Noun

• a person related by blood or marriage
  • "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
• an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
• Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
• Something kindred or related to something else.
• A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Adjective

• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
  • "a relative stranger"

Adjective Satellite

• properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
  • "earnings relative to production"

Adj

• Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
• Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
• Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
• Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
• Relevant; pertinent; related.
• Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

Adv

• Alternative form of relatively.

Synonyms

comparative, conditional, congenator, congener, congeneric, cousin, limited, proportional, relation, relative, sib

Antonyms

absolute, unlimited

Related Words

-al, -ship, :Category:Family, aunt, brother, correlative, cousin, father, godparent, grand-, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, great-grandchild, great-grandparent, in-law, irrelative, mother, near relative, nephew, niece, parent, refer, referral, relate, related, relation, relationship, relativism, relativist, relativistic, relativity, relativization, relativize, sister, step-, stepdaughter, stepson, uncle

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