relative

Definition

  • n. a person related by blood or marriage
  • n. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
  • adj. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

Word forms

Plural
relatives

Example sentences

  1. n.

    My cousin is coming to visit us this weekend.

  2. a.

    The success of the project is relative to the amount of effort put in.