Read the dictionary definition of relative. All definitions for this word.
1. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
2. a person related by blood or marriage
1. police are searching for relatives of the deceased
2. he has distant relations back in New Jersey
3. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
1. a relative stranger
4. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
1. the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
2. earnings relative to production