relative

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

rel·a·tive (rĕlʹə-tĭv)adj.
1. Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related.
2. Considered in comparison with something else:
the relative quiet of the suburbs.
3. Dependent on or interconnected with something else; not absolute. See Synonyms at dependent.
4. Grammar. Referring to or qualifying an antecedent, as the pronoun who in the man who was on TV or that in the dictionary that I use.
5. Music. Having the same key signature. Used of major and minor scales and keys:
A minor is the relative minor of C major.n.
1. One related by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
2. Something having a relation or connection to something else.
3. Grammar. A relative pronoun. [Middle English, from Old French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, past participle of referre, to relate. See relate.] relʹa·tive·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  proportional, comparative, congener, congenator, congeneric, relation