Definition of relative

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Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman..

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Antonym :: Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Porphyritic :: Porphyritic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline..
Iridic :: Iridic (a.) Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
Either :: Either (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or..
Whereby :: Whereby (adv.) By which; -- used relatively.
Depositor :: Depositor (n.) One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository..
Dedicatee :: Dedicatee (n.) One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.
Piety :: Piety (n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc..
Distance :: Distance (n.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left..
Relative :: Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute..
Photometer :: Photometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power..
Kin :: Kin (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
Eye :: Eye (n.) That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
Comparatively :: Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals..
Sannup :: Sannup (n.) A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.
Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun.
Which :: Which (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will..
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