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Bookmark or Share- RELATIVE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's DictionaryB1. a member of your family: a party for friends and relatives. Fewer examples. The children are being cared for by a relative. He has no living relatives. Have his relatives been informed? Most of her relatives live abroad. Sarah's had to go to the funeral of an elderly relative. relative. adjective. uk / ˈrelətɪv / us. [ always before noun ]
- RELATIVE | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryC1. being judged or measured in comparison with something else: We weighed up the relative advantages of driving there or going by train. true to a particular degree when compared with other things: Since I got a job, I've been living in relative comfort (= more comfort than before). More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
- Relative - definition of relative by The Free Dictionary1. a. A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage. b. A species or other taxon that shares a common ancestor, usually a relatively recent ancestor, with another: The jaguar is a relative of the lion. 2. Grammar A relative pronoun.
- Relative - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comA relative is a person who is part of your family. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews — they're all relatives. A relative can be connected to your family through blood or by marriage.
- Relative Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websternoun. rel· a· tive ˈre-lə-tiv. Synonyms of relative. 1. : a word referring grammatically to an antecedent. 2. : a thing having a relation to or connection with or necessary dependence on another thing. 3. a. : a person connected with another by blood or affinity. b. : an animal or plant related to another by common descent. 4. : a relative term.
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