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relative

• (a) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
  • a relative stranger
  comparative,
• (s) 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
  proportional,

Nouns

• (n) a person related by blood or marriage
  • police are searching for relatives of the deceased
  • he has distant relations back in New Jersey
  relation,
• (n) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) congenator, congeneric, congener,

Synonyms

relation comparative congenator congeneric congener proportional

Antonyms

absolute

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