1. (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

2. (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

3. (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; referring to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4. (a.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.

5. (n.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.

6. (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.

7. (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives who, which, that.

affiliated affinitive agnate allied analogical analogous ancestry appertaining applicable approximate apropos associated associative aunt blood blood relation blood relative brother child clansman cognate collatable collateral collateral relative commensurable commensurate comparable comparative conditional congenial connected connections connective consanguinean contingent contingent on correlative cousin daughter dependent on distaff side distant relation en rapport enate family father flesh flesh and blood folks german germane grandchild granddaughter grandfather grandmother grandparent grandson half brother interconnected interrelated kin kindred kinfolk kinnery kinsfolk kinsman kinsmen kinswoman kith and kin linking matchable mother much at one near near relation nephew next of kin niece parallel parent people pertaining pertinent posterity proportionable proportional proportionate referable referring related relating relation relational relations relative to relatives relevant reliant sib sibling similar sister son spear kin spear side spindle kin spindle side subject to subordinate to sword side sympathetic tribesman uncle uterine kin