relative
Dependent on context
Relative describes something considered in relation to something else rather than absolutely: The relative merits of the two candidates.
What counts as cold is relative—frigid in Texas, mild in Minnesota.
A relative is a person connected by blood or marriage: She's a distant relative on my mother's side.
In grammar, relative pronouns (who, which, that) relate clauses to nouns they modify.
Aunt or uncle's child
- uncleMale family elder
- auntParent's sister or equivalent
- nephewSibling's male offspring
- nieceSibling's female offspring
sibling · grandparent · grandchild · in-law · stepfather · stepmother · stepbrother · stepsister
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- forebearsAncestral family members
ancestors · pedigree · descent · progenitors · roots · forefathers · clan · dynasty
A joining or relation
- bondBinding tie or connection
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- associationGroup with shared aim
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
linkage · interconnection · relevance · pertinence · bearing · regard · context
Of higher quality
lesser · higher · lower · comparable · equivalent · surpassing · exceeding · approaching
Comparative numerical relation
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- fractionPart divided by whole
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- proportionateScaled to fit properly
correlation · coefficient · quantitative · proportionality · balance · scaling · normalization · adjustment
cousin
Aunt or uncle's child
niece · sibling · grandparent · grandchild · in-law · stepfather · stepmother · stepbrother · stepsister · half-brother
genealogy
Study of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
forebears · ancestors · pedigree · descent · progenitors · roots · forefathers · clan · dynasty · predecessors
connection
A joining or relation
- bondBinding tie or connection
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- associationGroup with shared aim
affinity · linkage · interconnection · relevance · pertinence · bearing · regard · context
better
Of higher quality
greater · lesser · higher · lower · comparable · equivalent · surpassing · exceeding · approaching · improved
ratio
Comparative numerical relation
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- fractionPart divided by whole
- scaleMeasure of relative size
proportionate · correlation · coefficient · quantitative · proportionality · balance · scaling · normalization · adjustment · metrics
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- contactsfriend, family, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances
- people typesfriend, stranger, neighbor, enemy, buddy
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
relativeabsolute
Total, without qualification
fixed · unconditional · independent · objective · universal
relativestranger
Person not yet known
nonrelative · outsider · acquaintance · friend · colleague
relativeirrelevant
Not pertinent
unrelated · irrelative · immaterial · impertinent · beside the point
- interracial relationshipsRomance between different ethnicities
- in a relationshipCommitted to a partner
- close relativesImmediate family members
- blood relativeFamily by biological descent
- relative toIn relation or proportion
- public relationsOrganizational reputation management
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