What is the meaning of relative?

noun

  • A person related by blood or marriage.
    • usage: "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
  • An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus.

adjective

  • Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete.
    • usage: "a relative stranger"
  • Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'.
    • usage: "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
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APAWordNet. (2010). relative. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/relative/definitions/1182169
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