RELATIVE

relative, comparative

(adjective) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; “a relative stranger”

proportional, 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”

relative, congener, congenator, congeneric

(noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

relative, relation

(noun) a person related by blood or marriage; “police are searching for relatives of the deceased”; “he has distant relations back in New Jersey”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

(computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

(grammar) That relates to an antecedent.

(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.

Relevant; pertinent; related.

Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

Synonyms

• comparative

• conditional

• limited

Antonyms

• absolute

• unlimited

Noun

relative (plural relatives)

Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Synonyms

• See also relative

Anagrams

• levirate

Source: Wiktionary

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Rel"a*tive (rl"-tv), a. Etym: [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]

1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject. I'll have grounds More relative than this. Shak.

2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute. 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.

3. (Gram.)

Definition: Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: 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). 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.

Rel"a*tive, n.

Definition: 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 prnoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives " who", "which", "that".

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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