Definition of '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"
Synonyms: relation - an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Synonyms: congener congenator congeneric
Adjective
- not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
Antonyms: absolute - 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"
Synonyms: proportional
