ALL meanings of relatives
rel·a·tive
R r - noun relatives a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage. 1
- noun relatives something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else. 1
- noun relatives something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to absolute). 1
- noun relatives Grammar. a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb. 1
- adjective relatives considered in relation to something else; comparative: the relative merits of democracy and monarchy. 1
- adjective relatives existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent: Happiness is relative. 1
- adjective relatives having relation or connection. 1
- adjective relatives having reference or regard; relevant; pertinent (usually followed by to): to determine the facts relative to an accident. 1
- adjective relatives correspondent; proportionate: Value is relative to demand. 1
- adjective relatives (of a term, name, etc.) depending for significance upon something else: “Better” is a relative term. 1
- adjective relatives Grammar. noting or pertaining to a word that introduces a subordinate clause of which it is, or is a part of, the subject or predicate and that refers to an expressed or implied element of the principal clause (the antecedent), as the relative pronoun who in He's the man who saw you or the relative adverb where in This is the house where she was born. noting or pertaining to a relative clause. 1