|
|
Definition of Relative
1. Noun. A person related by blood or marriage. "He has distant relations back in New Jersey"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Clan, Kin, Kin Group, Kindred, Kinship Group, Tribe
Specialized synonyms: Ancestor, Antecedent, Ascendant, Ascendent, Root, Cousin, Cousin-german, First Cousin, Full Cousin, Descendant, Descendent, In-law, Relative-in-law, Blood Relation, Blood Relative, Cognate, Sib, Family, Kin, Kinsperson, Enate, Matrikin, Matrilineal Kin, Matrilineal Sib, Matrisib, Agnate, Patrikin, Patrilineal Kin, Patrilineal Sib, Patrisib, Kinsman, Kinswoman, Kissing Cousin, Kissing Kin, Next Of Kin, Issue, Offspring, Progeny, Second Cousin, Sib, Sibling, Better Half, Married Person, Mate, Partner, Spouse
Derivative terms: Relationship, Relationship, Relationship
2. Adjective. Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete. "A relative stranger"
Similar to: Relational
Derivative terms: Compare, Compare, Relativity
Antonyms: Absolute
3. Noun. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).
4. Adjective. Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by 'to'. "Earnings relative to production"
Definition of Relative
1. a. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Relative
1. Adjective. Relevant; pertinent ¹
2. Adjective. Connected to or depending on something else; not absolute; comparative. ¹
3. Adjective. (grammar) That relates to an antecedent ¹
4. Adjective. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor ¹
5. Adjective. (computing of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. ¹
6. Noun. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relative
1. one who is connected with another by blood or marriage [n -S]
Medical Definition of Relative
1. 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 person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . To ourselves and relatives." . A relative prnoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives " who", "which", "that". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relative
Literary usage of Relative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"The interdependent development of the relative form of ... The primary or isolated
relative form of value of one commodity converts some other commodity ..."
2. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"The interdependent development of the relative form of value, ... The primary or
isolated relative form of value of one commodity converts some other ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1898)
"THE relative SENSIBILITY OF PLANTS TO ACIDITY IN SOILS. By WALTER MAXWELL.
Received November 33, 1897. THE degree of acidity in soils is relative, ..."
4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1803)
"... leading the Mind beyond th'e Subject de*- nominated are relative. FOURTHLY,
That relation, being the ..."
Other Resources:
Arabic