Dictionary entries for 'relative'

Synonyms

rel·a·tive (rĕĺə-tĭv)

[Middle English, from Old French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus past participle of referre, to relate; see relate.]

adjective

Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related.
Considered in comparison with something else: the relative quiet of the suburbs.
Dependent on or interconnected with something else; not absolute. See synonyms at dependent
Grammar Referring to or qualifying an antecedent, as the pronoun who in the man who was on TV or that in the dictionary that I use.
Music Having the same key signature. Used of major and minor scales and keys: A minor is the relative minor of C major.