relative

relative is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
2. adjective. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.
3. adjective. Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.
4. adjective. Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.
5. noun. One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.
6. noun. A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
7. noun. A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".
8. 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

9. 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

10. adjective. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

    "a relative stranger"

    Synonyms: comparative

11. adjective. 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

Synonyms

congenator, congener, congeneric, relation, comparative, proportional

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in relative:

levirate

Common word forms

relatives, relatively, relativeness

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