relative

Meanings

Adjective

• Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
• Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
• Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
• Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
• Relevant; pertinent; related.
• Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

Noun

• Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Related

Similar words

• comparative
• conditional
• limited

Opposite words

• absolute
• unlimited

Origin

• From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō, from re- + ferō.