RELATIVE definition: 1. a member of your family: 2. being judged or measured in comparison with something else: 3…. Learn more.
Define relative. relative synonyms, relative pronunciation, relative translation, English dictionary definition of relative. adj. 1. Considered in comparison or relation to something else: an animal with a large brain relative to body size; the relative quiet of the suburbs.
Definition of relative noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 25 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word relative, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
RELATIVE definition: a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage. See examples of relative used in a sentence.
The meaning of RELATIVE is a person connected with another by blood or marriage. How to use relative in a sentence.
A relative is a person who is part of your family. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews — they're all relatives.
If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. Fitness is relative; one must always ask 'Fit for what?' Truth is relative.