Main entry: relative, congenator, congener, congeneric
Definition: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Main entry: relation, relative
Definition: a person related by blood or marriage
Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Main entry: relative, comparative
Definition: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
Usage: a relative stranger
Main entry: proportional, relative
Definition: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
Usage: the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime; earnings relative to production