'Relative' definitions:
Definition of 'relative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" [syn: relative, comparative] [ant: absolute]
adjective
Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" [syn: proportional, relative]
noun
A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation]
noun
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) [syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric]
Definition of 'Relative'
From: GCIDE
- Relative \Rel"a*tive\, n. One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically: (a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives." --Bp. Fell. (b) (Gram.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that". [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Relative'
From: GCIDE
- Relative \Rel"a*tive\ (r?l"?-t?v), a. [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]
- 1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject. [1913 Webster]
- I'll have grounds More relative than this. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute. [1913 Webster]
- Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mus.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]
- Relative clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative pronoun.
- Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf. Correlative. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'relative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliated,
- affinitive,
- agnate,
- allied,
- analogical,
- analogous,
- ancestry,
- appertaining,
- applicable,
- approximate,
- apropos,
- associated,
- associative,
- aunt,
- blood,
- blood relation,
- blood relative,
- brother,
- child,
- clansman,
- cognate,
- collatable,
- collateral,
- collateral relative,
- commensurable,
- commensurate,
- comparable,
- comparative,
- conditional,
- congenial,
- connected,
- connections,
- connective,
- consanguinean,
- contingent,
- contingent on,
- correlative,
- cousin,
- daughter,
- dependent on,
- distaff side,
- distant relation,
- en rapport,
- enate,
- family,
- father,
- flesh,
- flesh and blood,
- folks,
- german,
- germane,
- grandchild,
- granddaughter,
- grandfather,
- grandmother,
- grandparent,
- grandson,
- half brother,
- interconnected,
- interrelated,
- kin,
- kindred,
- kinfolk,
- kinnery,
- kinsfolk,
- kinsman,
- kinsmen,
- kinswoman,
- kith and kin,
- linking,
- matchable,
- mother,
- much at one,
- near,
- near relation,
- nephew,
- next of kin,
- niece,
- parallel,
- parent,
- people,
- pertaining,
- pertinent,
- posterity,
- proportionable,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- referable,
- referring,
- related,
- relating,
- relation,
- relational,
- relations,
- relative to,
- relatives,
- relevant,
- reliant,
- sib,
- sibling,
- similar,
- sister,
- son,
- spear kin,
- spear side,
- spindle kin,
- spindle side,
- subject to,
- subordinate to,
- sword side,
- sympathetic,
- tribesman,
- uncle,
- uterine kin
Words containing 'Relative'
- Relate,
- Related,
- Relater,
- Relating,
- Relation,
- Relational,
- Relatively,
- Relativeness,
- Relator,
- in relation to,
- related to,
- relations,
- relativity,
- Blood relation,
- False relation,
- Relative clause,
- Relative term,
- Relative velocity,
- academic relation,
- anaphoric relation,
- blood relative,
- business relation,
- conditional relation,
- fiduciary relation,
- general relativity,
- grammatical relation,
- legal relation,
- linguistic relation,
- logical relation,
- magnitude relation,
- mathematical relation,
- medical relation,
- partner relation,
- personal relation,
- phylogenetic relation,
- political relation,
- principle of relativity,
- professional relation,
- public relations,
- quantitative relation,
- relation back,
- relational adjective,
- relational database,
- relative density,
- relative frequency,
- relative humidity,
- relative incidence,
- relative majority,
- relative pronoun,
- relative quantity,
- relativity theory,
- semantic relation,
- sexual relation,
- social relation,
- spatial relation,
- special relativity,
- temporal relation,
- theory of relativity,
- Relative refractive index,
- To relate one's self,
- age-related,
- blood-related,
- co-relation,
- court of domestic relations,
- domestic relations court,
- einstein's theory of relativity,
- general relativity theory,
- general theory of relativity,
- part to whole relation,
- public relations man,
- public relations person,
- relative atomic mass,
- relative molecular mass,
- relative-in-law,
- safety-related,
- special relativity theory,
- special theory of relativity,
- whole to part relation,
- attorney-client relation,
- bank-depositor relation,
- conservator-ward relation,
- director-stockholder relation,
- doctor-patient relation,
- einstein's general theory of relativity,
- einstein's special theory of relativity,
- executor-heir relation,
- international relations and security network,
- lawyer-client relation,
- mirror-image relation,
- national labor relations board,
- nurse-patient relation,
- public-relations campaign,
- receiver-creditor relation,
- relational database management system,
- teacher-student relation,
- trustee-beneficiary relation,
- age-related macular degeneration,
- confidential adviser-advisee relation