Definition of relative Relative

/ɹɛˈlʌtɪv/ - [relutiv] - rel•a•tive

We found 23 definitions of relative from 7 different sources.

What does relative mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: relatives
relative - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
		relation
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, kin, tribe group of people related by blood or marriage
		ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
		cousin, cousin-german, first cousin, full cousin the child of your aunt or uncle
		descendant, descendent a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
		in-law, relative-in-law a relative by marriage
		blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
		kinsperson, kin, family group of people related by blood or marriage
		enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib one related on the mother's side
		agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib one related on the father's side
		kinsman a male relative
		kinswoman a female relative
		kissing cousin, kissing kin a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
		next of kin the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person
		progeny, offspring, issue something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
		second cousin a child of a first cousin
		sibling, sib a person's brother or sister
relative - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
		congener, congenator, congeneric
Adjective
relative - estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
		comparative
		absolute perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
relative - 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"
		proportional
		proportionate agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree

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Wiktionary

relative (Noun)
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
relative (Adjective)
Connected to or depending on something else; not absolute; comparative.
relative (Adjective)
Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
relative (Adjective)
That relates to an antecedent.
relative (Adjective)
Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
relative (Adjective)
Relevant; pertinent; related.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

relative (a.)
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
relative (a.)
Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.
relative (a.)
Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.
relative (a.)
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.
relative (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.
relative (n.)
A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
relative (n.)
A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

relative
A person that is considered to be of the same family due to shared ancestors, marriage or adoption.
relative
A member of the family.
relative
Not absolute; connected to or depending on something else.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

relative
rel′a-tiv, adj. having relation: respecting: not absolute or existing by itself: considered as belonging to something else: (gram.) expressing relation.—n. that which has relation to something else: a relation: (gram.) a pronoun which relates to something before, called its antecedent.—adj. Relatī′val (or Rel′atival).—adv. Rel′atively.—ns. Rel′ativeness, Relativ′ity.—Relativity of human knowledge, the doctrine that the nature and extent of our knowledge is determined not merely by the qualities of the objects known, but necessarily by the conditions of our cognitive powers

Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡

relative
Indicating the relation between two or more things without reference to absolute value of any one of them. Thus one lamp may be of relatively double resistance compared to another, but this states nothing of the resistance in ohms of either lamp.