relative
/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/noun, adjective3 syllables
Relative means: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).
Synonyms for relative12
noun, as in an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
noun, as in a person related by blood or marriage
adjective, as in estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
adjective, as in properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’
Opposites of relative
What does relative mean?4
noun
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”
adjective
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete“a relative stranger”
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’“the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Relative in a sentence
- Happiness is relative, considering everyone feels differently about different things in different situations.DJ_Saidez
- An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative.jakov
- Everything is relative, and that alone is absolute.Objectivesea
- Relative to overall sales, that of software is insignificant.unknown
- The truth is relative, just as everything in the world is relative.Objectivesea
- Today, there is a climate of relative peace in the south-east.vvv123
- I have a lot of relatives, especially on my mother's side.AlanF_US
- I know that they're peers, but not relatives.AlanF_US
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Forms of relative
as a noun
- plural
- relatives