Synonyms for relative
ˈrɛl ə tɪvrel·a·tive

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1. relativenoun

   Antonyms:
   absolute

2. relativeadjective

   Relevant; pertinent

   Antonyms:
   absolute

3. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

4. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

5. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative

   Synonyms:
   referring to, not absolute

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative, relationnoun

   a person related by blood or marriage

   "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

   Synonyms:
   sexual relation, congener, intercourse, sexual intercourse, carnal knowledge, recounting, relation back, congenator, copulation, relation, telling, coitus, sex act, congeneric, congress, sexual congress, coition

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, disproportional, implicit, absolute, unquestioning, infinite, living, direct

2. relative, congener, congenator, congenericadjective

   an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

   Synonyms:
   congeneric, relation, congenator, congener

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, infinite, absolute, unquestioning, living, disproportional, direct, implicit

3. relative, comparativeadjective

   estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

   "a relative stranger"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   absolute, living, unquestioning, direct, infinite, implicit, disproportional, disproportionate

4. proportional, relativeadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, living, disproportionate, direct, implicit, unquestioning, infinite, absolute

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   referring (to something else), not absolute

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, connection

3. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) relative pronoun

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   relating, referring, respecting, pertaining, particular, definite, specific, pertinent

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, kinswoman, connection, cognate, agnate

   Associated words:
   nepotism, nepotic, nepotist

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1. List of paraphrases for "relative":

   relating, compared, comparative, parent, relatively, related, pertaining, concerning, on, proportional, relatif, relation, relatives, regarding, respect

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1. Elizabeth Sattely:

   We used these genes to engineer a wild relative of tobacco to make the drug precursor and think we could also use these genes to make the drug in other easy-to-grow organisms such as yeast.

2. Mark Weber:

   Last year, 55 percent of children were released to a parent, 36 percent were released to a close family member and the remaining 9 percent were released to a distant or non-relative sponsor.

3. John Grant:

   The cost of running the event is actually quite small relative to the amount of money it generates. The thing that puts the cost up is the promoter’s fee that we have to pay.

4. Sarang Gadkari:

   Clearly there has been a lot of volatility, but it has been more muted in loans than for high yield bonds, from a supply standpoint, there has also been a relative dearth of new institutional loan issuance, which, when combined with the CLO demand, has led to less volatility.

5. Professor Levin:

   It is not Yellowstone-like, but it’s a distant relative.