Relative

Definitions: Relative

Relative

Adjective

1. Not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger".

2. 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".

Noun

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

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

Date "relative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	RELATIVE Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	Of angle measurements in navigation, measured from the heading of a craft, as relative bearing. (references)
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
READ	English	Relative Element Address Designate	Computer - (cryptography)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Relative

Synonyms: proportional (adj), congenator (n), congener (n), relation (n). (additional references)

Antonym: absolute (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Comparison	Noun: comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity.
Consanguinity	Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood.
Idea	Adverb: under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis; relative to.
Number	Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient.
Relation	Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position.
	Adjective: relative; correlative; cognate; relating to; Verb: relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to; belonging to; Verb: appurtenant to, in common with.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Is he a relative of yours? (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) I had a relative once who said that if I knew things would no longer be, I would have tried to remember better. (Liberty Heights; writing credit: Barry Levinson) Well it's all relative, isn't it? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Could you tell him I was a relative who dropped in? Val's uncle, Uncle Al! (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber) Is it the kind of ordeal like visiting a rather bad tempered, elderly female relative is an ordeal, or is it more the plunging your hand into a pot of scalding water to see how quickly it strips the skin off sort of ordeal? (NeverWhere; writing credit: Neil Gaiman; Lenny Henry)
Lyrics	They moved to Colorado where they live in relative obscurity. ("Mephisto and Kevin"; performing artist: Primus)
Clever	Marriage changes passion: Suddenly, you're in bed with a relative. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Rough Sketch of a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (1968) Everything's Relative (1965) It's All Relative (2003) Relative Values (2000) Everything's Relative (1999)
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Domain	Title
Books	Powers of Ten: A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero (reference) Syntactic Variation and Unconscious Linguistic Change: A Study of Adjectival Relative Clauses in the Dialect of Dorset (University of Bamberg Studie) (reference) African memoranda: relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama, on the western coast of Africa, in the year of 1792 (reference) Proceedings of the Electoral Commission and of the two houses of Congress in joint meeting relative to the count of electoral votes cast December 6, 1876 for the Presidential term commencing March 4, 1877 (reference) Consequences of Antisymmetry: Headed Relative Clauses (Studies in Generative Grammar) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Chartcraft Options Relative Strength Chartbook (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Everything Relative (reference) Relative Values (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Relative Ways [CD/12"] [CD-SINGLE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		A technique called in situ hybridization shows whether a gene is actively expressed in cells, and also provides clues to the gene's function. This technique has helped identify activated oncogenes in cancer cells, and their normal counterparts in normal cells, in many different species. In this photograph, a labeled DNA segment (a known oncogene) has been put into a mouse oocyte, a cell that develops into a mature egg cell. The labeled DNA has paired with (or hybridized to) multiple copies of RNA in the mouse oocyte. The presence of this RNA (shown here as black dots inside the nucleus of the immature cell) shows that the normal cellular counterpart of the oncogene is active, suggesting that it is critical for normal germ cell development. Expression of genes is manifested by the production of RNA transcripts within cells. Hybridization histochemistry (in situ hybridization) permits localization of these transcripts with cellular or greater resolution. Furthermore, the relative amounts of transcripts detected within different tissues or the same tissues under different states (e.g., physiological or developmental) may be quantified. See artwork: GA-17.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Salmonella typhosus, also known as Eberthella typhi and Bacillus typhosus, is the cause of Typhoid fever. This life threatening disease is characterized by fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, splenomegaly, and a relative bradycardia.Credit: CDC.		A Z-Variometer. Instrument measures relative changes in vertical component of Earth's magnetism.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Large pink and white flowers are marsh mallows, a wild relative of hibiscus. Roots were once used to make marshmallows.Credit: America's Coastlines.		Wind speed display at 3,000 feet relative to eye of Hurricane Greta.Credit: Flying With NOAA.
	Atmospheric pressure display at 3,000 feet relative to eye of Hurricane Greta.Credit: Flying With NOAA.		Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. A keyhole urchin - a close relative of the sand dollar.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	Large rawinsonde balloon is released in foreground It will measure atmospheric conditions during ascent. In the background are surface weather instruments. These measure temperature, relative humidity, pressure and precipitation. A mobile radar unit is also shown.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).		Rawinsonde weather balloon just after launch. Notice a parachute in the center of the string and a small instrument box at the end. After release it measures many parameters. These include temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind speed. This information is transmitted back to surface observers.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
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Author	Quotation
Charles Caleb Colton	Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
Honore De Balzac	To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
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Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	In January 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed a resolution providing for the appointment of five commissioners, who, or any three of them, should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	It is conceded that the stipulations of the Treaties of 1815 and other supplementary acts relative to the free zones will remain in force until a new arrangement is come to between France and Switzerland to regulate matters in this territory. (reference)
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Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	From our relative situation, those attentions were her due, and were felt to be so.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Jean Valjean now had but one relative left, his sister, a widow with seven children, girls and boys.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some patients may experience prolonged periods of relative stability. (references)
		No studies examining the relative safety of the devices have been published. (references)
		You may want to take a friend or relative along when you talk to the doctor. (references)
Business		Currently, the market is in the situation of a relative stagnation. (references)
		Again, the forecasts are based on the assumption of relative stability. (references)
		Consumers became more knowledgeable about products and services and relative standards. (references)
Children	Trinidad and Tobago	If there is no relative who can take them, there are several government institutions and NGO's that accept children for placement. (references)
	Somalia	Boys as young as 14 or 15 years of age have participated in militia attacks, and many youths are members of the marauding gangs known as "morian," "parasites," or "maggots." Even in areas with relative security, the lack of resources has limited the opportunity for children to attend school. (references)
	Peru	The Municipal Ombudsman's Office for Children and Adolescents for Lima and Callao documented 586 sexual assaults against children 5 years of age and under; 2,937 against children aged 6 to 12; and 5,935 against children aged from 13 to 17 that occurred during 2000. The report confirmed that 70 percent of the assaults occur in the home by a relative or someone known to the victim and the victim's family. (references)
Civil Liberties	Iran	Women must obtain the permission of their husband, father, or other living male relative in order to obtain a passport. (references)
	Oman	To obtain a passport and depart the country, a woman must have authorization from her husband, father, or nearest male relative. (references)
	Ireland	Expanded access to cable and satellite television has lessened considerably the relative influence of state-controlled broadcasting. (references)
Economic History	Mali	Malians enjoy a relative harmony rare in African states. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	All these events are exceptions to the rule of relative stability. (references)
	Luxembourg	However, Luxembourg's performance remains strong in relative terms. (references)
Human Rights	Sri Lanka	Consequently, torture continues with relative impunity. (references)
	Mali	This normally is done at the request of a relative or if there is a bribe. (references)
	Swaziland	In November and December, authorities again refused the burial of another relative. (references)
Indigenous People	Namibia	However, Bushmen and other indigenous citizens have been unable to exercise fully these rights as a result of minimal access to education, limited economic opportunities under colonial rule, and their relative isolation. (references)
	South Africa	Traditional leaders and government representatives met several times during the year to discuss the relative roles of traditional leaders and municipal structures with the aim of drafting a legislative amendment setting out these roles. (references)
Minorities	Israel and the occupied territories	Relative to their numbers, Israeli Arabs are underrepresented in the student bodies and faculties of most universities and in higher level professional and business ranks. (references)
Political Economy	HAITI	The gourde, the official currency, is allowed to float freely relative to the dollar and other currencies. (references)
	Tanzania	Tanzania has been blessed with relative peace since independence and this situation is expected to continue. (references)
	HONDURAS	The base price moves according to relative inflation and price indices of Honduras' main commercial trading partners. (references)
Political Rights	Zimbabwe	Presidential elections were scheduled for March 2002. The 16 constitutional amendments enacted since 1980 have increased greatly Mugabe's power relative to the legislature. (references)
	Guatemala	However, Congress increased its relative power and independence under the leadership of FRG President of Congress and retired General Efrain Rios Montt, a former de facto President. (references)
Trade	Guatemala	Secondary trading of both government bonds and corporate paper is active, relative to the size of the market. (references)
Travel	Japan	Business cards are exchanged to formalize the introduction process and establish the status of the parties relative to each other. (references)
	Portugal	They are thorough to a fault, often pouring over all the documents relative to a negotiation, and not too ready "to just hit the highlights". (references)
	Korea	Koreans still have a great respect for anyone senior in age, and intuitively establish their hierarchical position relative to others based on age. (references)
Women	Afghanistan	Women appearing in public without a male relative risked beatings by members of the Taliban. (references)
	Yemen	The divorced woman usually returns to her father's home or to the home of another male relative. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Women are not admitted to a hospital for medical treatment without the consent of a male relative. (references)
Worker Rights	Niger	Some children were kept out of school to guide a blind relative on begging rounds. (references)
	Brazil	After 2 years of relative inactivity, GERTRAF was revived during the year, leading to greater cooperation among government agencies. (references)
	Romania	Many times a friend or relative makes the initial offer, usually telling the victim that she will obtain a job such as babysitting or waitressing. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Anybody who believes that government-run health care is better than the current system should take an ill relative to Britain or Canada.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Such materials, for your information, relative to its affairs in general as the short space of time has permitted me to collect will be laid before you when the subject shall be in a state for your consideration.
James Monroe	1817-1825	There was not an individual present who had not some relative who had not partaken in those scenes, nor an infant who had not heard the relation of them.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Security can also be enhanced by agreements with potential adversaries which reduce the threat of nuclear disaster while maintaining our own relative strategic capability.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Relative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.92% of the time. "Relative" is used about 4,188 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	95.92%	4,017	2,449
Noun (singular)	4.03%	169	23,972
Unclassified Items	0.02%	1	339,140
Noun (proper)	0.02%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	4,188	N/A

Expressions using "relative": a remote relative ♦ blood relative ♦ blood relative clause ♦ collateral relative ♦ distant relative ♦ relative air humidity ♦ relative altitude ♦ relative atomic mass ♦ relative bearing ♦ relative biological effectiveness ♦ relative cell ♦ relative clause ♦ relative date ♦ relative density ♦ relative estimate ♦ relative frequency ♦ relative humidity ♦ relative incidence ♦ relative index ♦ relative majority ♦ relative molecular mass ♦ relative pathname ♦ relative position ♦ relative pronoun ♦ relative pronouns ♦ relative quantity ♦ relative Record Data Set ♦ relative refractive index ♦ Relative risk ♦ relative risk model ♦ relative sequent depth of hydraulic jump ♦ relative standard deviation ♦ relative survival rate ♦ relative term ♦ relative to ♦ Relative Value Scales ♦ relative velocity ♦ relative wear ♦ relative wind ♦ relative work ♦ sensitivity referred to zero relative level ♦ sexually compatible weedy relative ♦ sexually compatible wild relative ♦ the arguments relative to ♦ think in relative terms ♦ wild ancestral relative ♦ wild relative. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "relative": relative-in-law, relative-ly, relative-reference, relative-wise.
	Ending with "relative": non-relative.
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Language		Translations for "relative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		verwant (affined, akin, related), familielid, bloedverwant. (various references)

Albanian		relativ (comparative, relational), soj (family, kin, kind, persuasion, shape, sort, species, stock, type), përkatës (corresponding, due, pertinent, respective), përemër lidhor, njeri (creature, Cully, dog, homo, human, human being, laddie, man, one, person), njerëzit e shtëpisë (house), lidhor (relatival), i afërm (adjacent, agnate, allied, connection, connexion, familiar, family, fellow creature, folk, kin, kindred, kinsman, neighbor, neighbour, next of kin, related, relation, tribesman), fis (clan, good and rich stock, kin, kinsman, name, nation, phratry, rich lord family, stock, tribe), farefis (blood, cognation, family, fellow creatures, folk, kin, kindred, kinsfolk), familjarët. (various references)

Arabic		‏متصل ب (affined, related), ‏نسيب (akin, cognate, connection, connexion, kinsman, on familiar terms, related, sibling), ‏نسبي (comparative, genealogical, proportional, prorate), ‏قريب (adjacent, akin, approaching, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearby, nearer, next of kin, nigh, on familiar terms, propinquity, related, relational, thereabout, thereabouts), ‏غير مطلق (comparative), ‏ذو صلة ب, ‏خاص (ad hoc, individual, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, special, specific), ‏القريب (close, near), ‏الاسم الموصول, ‏روابط النسق, ‏شىء ذو صلة بالآخر. (various references)

Bulgarian		сравнителен (comparative), свързан (affined, bound, conjunct, germane, incidental, linked, related, relevant, sequacious), роднина (connection, home, homeland, kinsman, relation, sib, tribesman), относително наречие, относително местоимение, относителен (comparative, mediate, relatival, respective), отнасящ се (conversant, pertinent). (various references)

Chinese		親戚 , 相对 (relativity), 戚 (5th heavenly stem). (various references)

Czech		relativní, vztahující se, vztažný, pomìrný (comparative), příbuzný (akin, cognate, consanguineous, kindred, kinsman, related, sibling). (various references)

Danish		slægtning (related). (various references)

Dutch		verwant (affined, akin, female relative, related), familielid (female relative). (various references)

Esperanto		relativa, parenco, parencino (female relative). (various references)

Faeroese		skyldfólk. (various references)

Farsi		منسوب (Sib), نسبی (Comparative, Respective), وابسته (Adjective, Affiliate, Akin, Attache, Attendant, Correlate, Dependent, Germane, Relevant, Subordinate), خویشاوند (Kin, Kindred, Relation), خودی (Familiar, Insider). (various references)

Finnish		sukulainen (kinsman, kinswoman, related, relation), suhteellinen (comparative, proportional, proportionate). (various references)

French		parent (related, relation), relatif, parente (female relative). (various references)

Frisian		sibbe, betreklik. (various references)

German		Verwandter (kinsman, related), Verwandte (cognates, kin, kinsman, kinswoman, relation, relatives, sibling), relativ (comparative, relatively). (various references)

Greek		συγγενής (akin, associated, congenital, connatal, connate, constitutional, innate, relative of, syngeneic). (various references)

Hebrew		יחסי (commensurate, comparative, proportional). (various references)

Hungarian		vonatkozó (across the board, concerning, mercurial, pertinent, related, respecting), viszonylagos (comparative, correlative, respective), relatív. (various references)

Icelandic		frændi (cousin). (various references)

Indonesian		nisbi (proportionate), famili (family, kin), dansanak (kin). (various references)

Italian		parente (connection, connexion, female, female relative, kinsman, relation), relativo (comparative, pertinent, relational, relatively, relevant), familiare (colloquial, domestic, familiar, families, family, home, homely, informal, member of a family, natural, normal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		身寄り , 関係詞 , 親身 (cordial, kind), 親戚 , 相対的 , 相対 (between ourselves, confrontation, facing, no third party, tete-a-tete), 縁辺 (border, edge, relations), 縁者 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そうたいてき, そうたい (character written in "sousho" style, leave early, originally, priestly attire, reciprocity, the form of Buddhist priest, the whole), し�"せき (status of a subject, true autograph), し�"み (cordial, kind, novelty, true meaning), か�"けいし, みより, え�"ぺ�" (border, edge, relations), え�"じゃ (presenter, speaker). (various references)

Korean		관계되�". (various references)

Manx		bentyn rish (affect, concern, tamper, touch, vis-a-vis, wash, wash of sea), ayns cosoylaght rish. (various references)

Norwegian		slektning. (various references)

Papiamen		relativo, miembro di famía. (various references)

Pig Latin		elativeray

Portuguese		relativo (comparative, concerning, relational, relevant), parente (cognate, collateral, female relative, kin, kindred, kinsman, parent). (various references)

Romanian		rudenie (consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, relation, relationship), rudã (kinsman, kinswoman, relation), rubedenie, respectiv (respective, respectively, several), relativ (adjectival, adjective, attributive, comparative, comparatively, proportional, relatively), pronume relativ, neam (ancestry, blood, breed, brood, descent, extraction, family, kind, kinsman, line, lineage, name, nation, origin, people, persuasion, race, relation, remove, sort, species, stem, stock, strain, tribe), corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congenial, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, normal, reciprocal, respondent, several, suitable), comparativ (by comparison, comparative, comparatively). (various references)

Russian		относительный (comparative, relational, relatival, self-relative). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rođak (cousin, kinsman, relation, second cousin), relativan, u vezi, srodnik (collateral), povezan (coherent, connected, germane, interconnected, linked, related, sequacious), odnosni oblik, odnosni (relational, relatival, respective), koji se odnosi (having to do). (various references)

Spanish		pariente (blood relation, dad, female relative, kinsman, missus, old man, related, relation, sib, what), familiar (chatty, chummy, colloquial, dependant, dependent, familiar, family, homely, informal, kin, relation), deudo (blood relation), relativo (comparative, relating, relatively). (various references)

Sranan		famirman. (various references)

Swahili		ndugu (brother). (various references)

Swedish		släkting (kinsman, relation), anförvant (kinsman, kinswoman, relation), relativ (comparative, relational, relatival), frände (kinsman), anhörig (affined, akin, related). (various references)

Thai		เครือญาติ, โ�"ยเทียบเคียง, ซึ่งสัมพันธ์กัน. (various references)

Turkish		yakın (adjacent, akin, akin to, approximate, at hand, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, convenient, familiar, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, thick, within reach, within walking distance), karşılaştırmalı, izafi, ilgili (about, anent, companion, concerned, connected, curious, germane, in regard to, interested, involved, pertinent, related), ilgi zamiri, ilgi cümleciği, hısım (cognate, kin), göreceli (notional), bağıntılı (consistent, correlative), bağıl, akraba (agnate, agnatic, akin, akin to, allied, cognate, connate, connected, connection, connexion, consanguine, flesh and blood, kin, kindred, kinsman, kinswoman, related). (various references)

Turkmen		otnositel, юer (scandal), howandar (patron, relation), garyndaю, dogan-garyndaю. (various references)

Ukranian		умовний (conditional, contingent, factitious, nominal, provisional, provisory, simulated, subjunctive), родичка (kinswoman), родич (collateral, connection, connexion, cousin, kinsman, relation, sib), відносний (comparative, relational, relativistic), відповідний (accordant, adequate, agreeable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, coincident, coincidental, commensurate, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, consistent, correspondent, corresponding, fit, homologous, mutual, pertinent, proper, relational, respective, suitable, worthy), зв'язаний (affined, bound, cabined, coherent, cohesive, combined, conjunct, connected). (various references)

Vietnamese		có kiên quan cân xứng với, cân đối vơi, b� con thân thuộc. (various references)

Welsh		perthynol (akin). (various references)

Yucatec		lak'tsil (family), laak' (husband, spouse), ch'iilankabil. (various references)

Zulu		isihlobo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	necessarii, necessariis, necessarios, necessarium, necessarius, necessitudine, propinqui, propinquis, propinquo, propinquorum, propinquos, propinquum, propinquus. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	relativus. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	magan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "relative": relatively, relatives. (additional references)
	Words ending with "relative": correlative, irrelative, nonrelative. (additional references)
	Words containing "relative": correlatively, correlatives, irrelatively, nonrelatives. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Relative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ralahine, realative, realive, Relache, relalive, relati, relatif, reletive, relitive. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "relative" (pronounced re"lutiv)
5	-l u t i v	contemplative, cumulative, expletive, noncumulative, speculative, superlative.
4	-u t i v	accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, recuperative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: levirate.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: atelier, elative, leavier, vealier.
	-2 letters: elater, eviler, laveer, leaver, levier, liever, relate, relive, retail, retial, retile, reveal, revile, tailer, travel, varlet, vealer, veiler, velate, verite.
	-3 letters: aerie, aiver, alert, alive, alter, arete, ariel, artel, avert, eater, elate, elite, elver, ervil, evert, evite, irate, laree, later, laver, leave, lever, lieve, liter, litre, liver, livre.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: intervale, levirates, relatives, retrieval, veritable, versatile.
	+2 letters: afterlives, cantilever, creatively, interleave, intervales, irrelative, irrelevant, lacerative, reactively, regulative, relatively, relativize, retrievals, revalidate, revelation, revitalise, revitalize, tolerative, ulcerative, varletries.
	+3 letters: alternative, assertively, cantilevers, correlative, declarative, elaborative, enteroviral, everlasting, explorative, interleaved, interleaves, intervalley, iteratively, livetrapped, meliorative, nonrelative, operatively, overinflate, overliteral, recultivate, relativized, relativizes, replicative, retaliative, retrievable, revalidated, revalidates, revelations, reverential, revictualed, revitalised, revitalises, revitalized, revitalizes, severalties, superlative, vermiculate, versatilely, vorticellae.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6C 61 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-. . .-.. .- - .. ...- .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006C 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
lost relative	280	its all relative	12
relative humidity	154	long lost relative	12
relative	136	relative humidity sensor	12
find relative	73	relative dating	11
finding lost relative	54	locate relative	10
clause relative	43	kingfishers relative	10
relative ash	42	relative risk	10
find lost relative	33	relative permeability	9
relative value unit	29	birth relative	9
missing relative	27	relative frequency	8
pronoun relative	26	find relative for free	8
finding relative	24	kingfisher relative	8
relative strength index	23	family relative	8
relative strength	21	alien relative petition	7
reggae relative	20	motion relative	7
relative search	16	find a long lost relative	7
azan exactly fajr relative same time	15	relative adoption	7
relative weasel	14	free relative search	7
deviation relative standard	14	definition humidity relative	7
relative humidity chart	14	everything relative	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Relative

Definitions: Relative

Relative

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Relative

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Relative

Synonyms: Relative

Synonyms within Context: Relative

Comparison

Consanguinity

Idea

Number

Relation

Crosswords: Relative

Modern Usage: Relative

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Relative

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Relative

Illustrations:Relative

Photo Album: Relative

Familiar Quotations: Relative

Charles Caleb Colton

Honore De Balzac

Historic Usage: Relative

US Constitution

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Relative

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Relative

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Relative

Rush Limbaugh

Speeches: Relative

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

Jimmy Carter

Usage Frequency: Relative

Expression: Relative

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Relative

lost relative

its all relative

relative humidity

long lost relative

relative

relative humidity sensor

find relative

relative dating

finding lost relative

locate relative

clause relative

kingfishers relative

relative ash

relative risk

find lost relative

relative permeability

relative value unit

birth relative

missing relative

relative frequency

pronoun relative

find relative for free

finding relative

kingfisher relative

relative strength index

family relative

relative strength

Illustrations:
Relative