1. (

• relative ,
• relation

) a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" ;

2. (

• relative ,
• congener ,
• congenator ,
• congeneric

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

1. (

• relative ,
• comparative

) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" ;

2. (

• proportional ,
• relative

) 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" ;