1. Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
   "a relative stranger";
   - comparative
    
2. Properly related in size, degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’
   "earnings relative to production";
   - proportional

1. A person related by blood or marriage
   "police are searching for relatives of the deceased";
   - relation, flesh and blood
    
2. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
   "Lions and tigers are relatives within the genus Panthera";
   - congener, congenator, congeneric

Derived forms: relatives

See also: proportionate, relational

Type of: being, individual, mortal, organism, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe

Encyclopedia: Relative