relative
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(adjective) not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" |
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Antonyms: absolute |
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(noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) |
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Synonyms: congenator, congener |
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Related Words: being, life form, living thing, organism |
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(noun) a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
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Synonyms: relation |
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Related Words: agnate, ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, blood relation, blood relative, cognate, consort, cousin, cousin-german, descendant, descendent, enate, family, first cousin, full cousin, human, in-law, individual, issue, kin, kinsman, kinsperson, kinswoman, kissing cousin, kissing kin, married person, mate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib, mortal, next of kin, offspring, partner, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib, person, progeny, relative-in-law, second cousin, sib, sibling, somebody, someone, soul, spouse |
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(satellite adjective) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" |
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Synonyms: proportional |
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