relative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person related by blood or marriage
police are searching for relatives of the deceased
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- antecedent hyponym
- cousin hyponym
- descendant hyponym
- in-law hyponym
- cognate hyponym
- kin hyponym
- enate hyponym
- agnate hyponym
- kinsman hyponym
- kinswoman hyponym
- kissing cousin hyponym
- next of kin hyponym
- offspring hyponym
- second cousin hyponym
- sib hyponym
- partner hyponym
Parts & wholes
- kin group member holonym
Related & opposite
- relationship derivation
- family relationship derivation
- relationship derivation
Sense 2 adjective
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
a relative stranger
Related & opposite
- absolute antonym
- relativity derivation
- compare derivation
- equate derivation
- relational similar to
Sense 3 noun
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
Related & opposite
- relativity derivation
- proportionate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relationship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | family relationship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relationship |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | kin group |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antecedent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cousin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | descendant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | in-law |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cognate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agnate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kinsman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kinswoman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kissing cousin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | next of kin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | offspring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | second cousin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sib |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partner |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | absolute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relativity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | relational |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relativity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | proportionate |