1. 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"
Synonym(s): relation
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
2. relative - noun
· an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Synonym(s): congener, congenator, congeneric
3. relative - adjective
· estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
Synonym(s): comparative
Antonym(s): absolute
4. relative - 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"
Synonym(s): proportional
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