estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; a relative stranger

[ Syn: comparative ]

a person related by blood or marriage; police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey

[ Syn: relation ]

an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

[ Syn: congener , congenator , congeneric ]

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

[ Syn: proportional ]