Supply is relative to demand.
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Relative
/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
Synonyms for "relative" (150 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Noun(4 words)
affiliatedaffinitiveagnatealliedanalogicalanalogousancestryappertainingapplicableapproximateaproposassociatedassociativeauntbloodblood relationblood relativebrotherchildclansman
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Strong matches (45)
comparablecomparativeconditionalcongenialconnectedconnectionsconnectiveconsanguineancontingentcontingent oncorrelativecousindaughterdependent ondistaff sidedistant relationen rapportenatefamilyfather
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(10 words)
comparative adverbcongenatorcongenercongenericcontextualcousinsdegree of cultural lossdependentfamily membergrammatical term
Related words (75)
grandparentgrandsonhalf brotherinterconnectedinterrelatedkinkindredkinfolkkinnerykinsfolkkinsmankinsmenkinswomankith and kinlinkingmatchablemothermuch at onenearnear relation
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nephewnext of kinnieceoffshootparallelparentpeoplepertainingpertinentposterityproportionableproportionalproportionatereferablereferringrelatedrelatingrelationrelationalrelationsrelative torelativesrelevantreliantsibsiblingsimilarsistersonspear kinspear sidespindle kinspindle sidesubject tosubordinate tosword sidesympathetictribesmanuncleuterine kin
Noun(11 words)
kinkinshipkinspersonkinswomenmore appliedmost proportionalniecespercentrelationalrelational descriptorsib
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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10 entriescousingrandparentrelative adverbrelative clauserelative humidityrelative positionrelative pronounrelative riskrelative sizesibling
Collocations
12 entriesbiological relativeblood relativeclose relativefamily membernext of kinrelative by marriagerelative clauserelative humidityrelative positionrelative riskrelative sizerelative speed
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
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2 entriesSample sentences
21 total sentences available.
We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative.
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Listen to the facts relative to the issue.
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An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative.
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