Relative (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Progeny
- Married Person
- Patrilineal Kin
- First Cousin
- Mate
- Blood Relative
- Matrilineal Sib
- Sib
- Family
- Full Cousin
- Descendent
- Matrikin
- Cousin-german
- Ascendent
- Patrikin
- Issue
- Relative-in-law
- Matrisib
- Root
- Ascendant
- Patrisib
- Matrilineal Kin
- Partner
- Antecedent
- Kinsperson
- Kissing Kin
- Better Half
- Cognate
- Patrilineal Sib
Meaning 2
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.