RELATIVE

8 letters 11 Scrabble points [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]

Definition of RELATIVE

noun

  1. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

    "Why do my relatives always talk about sex?"

  2. A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

adjective

  1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

  2. (of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

    "The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg."

  3. (grammar) That relates to an antecedent.

Related words: comparative conditional limited

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters R E L A T I V E
Length 8 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of RELATIVE

Words that use the same letters:

LEVIRATE

Words Containing "RELATIVE"

CORELATIVE CORELATIVELY CORRELATIVE CORRELATIVELY CORRELATIVENESS CORRELATIVES IRRELATIVE IRRELATIVELY IRRELATIVENESS NONCORRELATIVE NONRELATIVE NONRELATIVELY NONRELATIVENESS RELATIVELY RELATIVENESS RELATIVENESSES RELATIVES UNCORRELATIVE UNCORRELATIVELY UNRELATIVE

Words Starting with "RELATIVE"

RELATIVELY RELATIVENESS RELATIVENESSES RELATIVES

Words Ending with "RELATIVE"

CORELATIVE CORRELATIVE IRRELATIVE NONCORRELATIVE NONRELATIVE UNCORRELATIVE UNRELATIVE