Relative

//ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv//

Synonyms for "relative" (129 found)

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322 translations across 112 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • farefis noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πηός noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • συγγενής noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Arabic

4 entries
  • نِسْبِيّ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • أَقارِبُ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • أَقْرِبَاء noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • قرايِب noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Armenian

4 entries
  • հարաբերական adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ազգական noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • բարեկամ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • յուրային noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Assamese

4 entries
  • আপোন noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • কুটুম noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • বঙহ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • মিতিৰ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܸܙܡܵܐ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ܩܲܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Asturian

1 entries
  • relativu adj (conditional; depending on something else)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qohum noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адно́сны adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ро́дзiч noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • свая́к noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • свая́чка noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Bengali

4 entries
  • আপন noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • এগানা noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • কুটুম noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • খেশ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • नातेदार noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • относи́телен adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ро́дственик noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ро́дственица noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ро́дственичка noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အမျိုး noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • родак noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Catalan

3 entries
  • relatiu adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • parent noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parenta noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • paryente noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • نسبی adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • خزم noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 親戚 /亲戚 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 有關的 /有关的 adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • 相對的 /相对的 adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • 關連的 /关连的 adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • 親戚 /亲戚 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • ближика noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Czech

4 entries
  • relativní adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • vztažný adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • příbuzná noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • příbuzný noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Danish

4 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • beslægtet noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frænde noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frænke noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Dutch

4 entries
  • betrekkelijk adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • relatief adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • bloedverwant noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • familielid noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • parencino noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parenco noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Estonian

3 entries
  • relatiivne adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • suhteline adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • sugulane noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Finnish

4 entries
  • relatiivinen adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • suhteellinen adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • sukulainen noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • sukulainen noun (something kindred or related to something else)

French

2 entries
  • relatif adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • parent noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Friulian

1 entries
  • parint noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Galician

2 entries
  • relativo adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • parente noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნათესავი noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

German

4 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • vergleichsweise adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • Angehörige noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • Angehöriger noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Greek

4 entries
  • συγκριτικός adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • σχετικός adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • οικείος noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • συγγενής noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קְרוֹבָה noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • קָרוֹב noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • paryente noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Hindi

4 entries
  • सापेक्ष adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • नातेदार noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • रिश्तेदार noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • संबंधी noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • relatív adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • viszonylagos adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • vonatkozó adj (grammar: depending on an antecedent; comparative)
  • rokon noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • frændi noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frænka noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ættingi noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Ido

4 entries
  • relatanta adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • parentino noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parento noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parentulo noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bertalian adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • nisbi adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • relatif adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • kerabat noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • نِسْبی adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • بَسْتِگان noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • خویشَاوَنْد noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • فامیل noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Irish

2 entries
  • duine muinteartha noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • gaol noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Italian

4 entries
  • relativo adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • congiunta noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • congiunto noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • familiare noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 相対的 adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • 親戚 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • 身内 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Javanese

3 entries
  • sadhèrèk noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • sadulur noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • sedulur noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • туху́м noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • رِشتہٕ دار noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ٲشناو noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • нағашы noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • туыс noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • туысқан noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • thāsǖthōng noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • thāsǖthōng noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សជន noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • សហពន្ធុ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Korean

2 entries
  • 상대적(相對的)이다 adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • 친척 noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • тууган noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • туушкан noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຍາດ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Latin

4 entries
  • relātīvus adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • cognāta noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • cognātus noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • propinqua noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Latvian

3 entries
  • radiniece noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • radinieks noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • rads noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • giminaitis noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • giminaitė noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • paren noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Luhya

1 entries
  • omulebe noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • роднина noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • сродник noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • сродница noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • сродничка noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Malay

3 entries
  • badansanak noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • dansanak noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • saudara noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ആപേക്ഷിക adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • താരതമ്യേന adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ബന്ധു noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Middle English

1 entries
  • kyn noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хамаатан noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Māori

4 entries
  • huānga noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • karangatanga noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • matamatahuānga noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • pākanga noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ueponi noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Navajo

1 entries
  • hakʼéí noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • nɗuhuze noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Norman

1 entries
  • èrlatif adj (conditional; depending on something else)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • eqrebe noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • meriv noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • mirov noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • frende noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frendekone noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frenke noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • frende noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frendekone noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frenke noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Occitan

1 entries
  • parent noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Old Norse

3 entries
  • frændi noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frændkona noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frænka noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Oromo

1 entries
  • fira noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • parent noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Polish

4 entries
  • odnośny adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • relatywny adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • względny adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • krewna noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • relativo adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • parenta noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parente noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Romanian

2 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • rudă noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Russian

4 entries
  • относи́тельный adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • реляти́вный adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ро́дич noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ро́дственник noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • ज्ञाति noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • बान्धव noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • dàimheach adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • caraid noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • neach-dàimh noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • relativan adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • rȏd noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • srȍdnica noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • srȍdnīk noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • සාපේක්ෂ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ඥාතියා noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Slovak

2 entries
  • príbuzná noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • príbuzný noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Slovene

2 entries
  • sorodnica noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • sorodnik noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Somali

1 entries
  • qaraabo noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тууган noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Spanish

4 entries
  • relativo adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • deudo noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • familiar noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • parentela noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Swahili

3 entries
  • akraba noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • jamaa noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ndugu noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Swedish

4 entries
  • relativ adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • anförvant noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • frände noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • fränka noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • matugnay adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • hinlog noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • kamag-anak noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Tajik

2 entries
  • наздик noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • хеш noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Tamil

1 entries
  • உறவினர் noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Taos

1 entries
  • kʼòwaʼána noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బంధువు noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Thai

2 entries
  • ญาติ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ญาติพี่น้อง noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Tunisian Arabic

2 entries
  • قرايِب noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • قريب noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bağıl adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • görece adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • izafi adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • akraba noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • dogan noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • dogan-garyndaş noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • garyndaş noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відно́сний adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • зв'я́заний adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ро́дич noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ро́дичка noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Urdu

3 entries
  • رِشْتَہ دار noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • سَمْبَنْدھی noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • ناتے دار noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قانداش noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qarindosh noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Venetan

1 entries
  • parènt noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • họ hàng noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • người thân noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • thân nhân noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hiröletan noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • jiröletan noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • röletan noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Welsh

4 entries
  • cymharol adj (conditional; depending on something else)
  • ceraint noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • câr noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • tras noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries
  • suled noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • gerrbik noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • хеш noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿרײַנט noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)
  • קאָרעוו noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • láakʼ noun (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Supply is relative to demand.

Source: tatoeba (19280)

We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative.

Source: tatoeba (30048)

Listen to the facts relative to the issue.

Source: tatoeba (43735)

An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative.

Source: tatoeba (72704)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.