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Defenition of the word relative

    • Defenition of the word relative

      • A person that is considered to be of the same family due to shared ancestors, marriage or adoption.
      • A member of the family.
      • Not absolute; connected to or depending on something else.
      • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
      • not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
      • an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
      • a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
      • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to''; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
      • a person related by blood or marriage
      • estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
      • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

    Synonyms for the word relative

      • comparative
      • congenator
      • congener
      • family member
      • next of kin
      • proportional
      • qualified
      • relation
      • virtual

    Similar words in the relative

      • comparative
      • proportionate
      • qualifying
      • relational
      • relative
      • relatively

    Meronymys for the word relative

      • clan
      • kin
      • kin group
      • kindred
      • kinship group
      • tribe

    Hyponyms for the word relative

      • agnate
      • ancestor
      • antecedent
      • ascendant
      • ascendent
      • better half
      • blood relation
      • blood relative
      • cognate
      • cousin
      • cousin-german
      • descendant
      • descendent
      • enate
      • family
      • first cousin
      • full cousin
      • in-law
      • issue
      • kin
      • kinsman
      • kinsperson
      • kinswoman
      • kissing cousin
      • kissing kin
      • married person
      • mate
      • matrikin
      • matrilineal kin
      • matrilineal sib
      • matrisib
      • next of kin
      • offspring
      • partner
      • patrikin
      • patrilineal kin
      • patrilineal sib
      • patrisib
      • progeny
      • relative-in-law
      • root
      • second cousin
      • sib
      • sibling
      • spouse

    Hypernyms for the word relative

      • being
      • human
      • individual
      • life form
      • living thing
      • mortal
      • organism
      • person
      • somebody
      • someone
      • soul

    Antonyms for the word relative

      • absolute

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