Relative - Definition

adj 1: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a
relative stranger" [syn: relative, comparative] [ant:
absolute]
2: 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" [syn: proportional, relative]
n 1: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are
searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant
relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation]
2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
[syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric]