Dictionary definition · relative
noun
- a person related by blood or marriage"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
- an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
adjective
- estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete"a relative stranger"
- properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’"the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).