Antonym: absolute. Similar words: relatively, relation, correlation, relationship, in relation to, legislative, relate, related. Meaning: ['relətɪv] 
n. 1. a person related by blood or marriage 2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus). adj. 1. not absolute or complete 2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'.
n. 1. a person related by blood or marriage 2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus). adj. 1. not absolute or complete 2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'. 
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31. A relative calm reigned over the city.
32. She's looking after an elderly relative.
33. The word'who'in'the man who came'is a relative pronoun.
34. Let's make a relative study of the two languages.
35. He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.
36. He spent his early life in relative obscurity.
37. Japanese interest rates rose relative to America's.
38. These are the facts relative to the problem.
39. The candidates are both relative newcomers to politics.
40. He's the relative I like least.
41. The fighting resumed after a period of relative calm.
42. He's been nursing an elderly relative.
43. My uncle is my nearest relative.
44. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
45. After his troubles, he's now in relative comfort.
46. He's a distant relative of the mayor.
47. Are these documents relative to the discussion?
48. Iceland has had a mild winter, in relative terms.
49. The relative humidity will be about 80% today.
50. The last five years have seen a period of relative calm .
51. A blizzard forced the climbers back to the relative safety of their tents.
52. He tended to stick to the relative safety of San Francisco's gay ghetto.
53. Discussion continues as to the relative merits of the different schemes.
54. The doctor may seek the concurrence of a relative before carrying out the procedure.
55. We need to consider the relative merits of both makes of cooker.
56. Students have less money in relative terms, but spend more on books.Sentencedict.com
57. An employer can demand written certification that the relative is really ill.
58. The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
59. In the sentence 'The woman who I met was wearing a brown hat', 'who I met' is a relative clause.
60. Relative to atypical antipsychotic use, conventional antipsychotic use was associated with a higher risk for death at all time points.
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