RELATIVE

• (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

  synonyms : congenator , congener , congeneric

• (noun) a person related by blood or marriage

  "police are searching for relatives of the deceased", "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

  synonyms : relation

• (adj.) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

  "a relative stranger"

  synonyms : comparative

• (adj.) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

  "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime", "earnings relative to production"

  synonyms : proportional

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