- a person who is in the same family as somebody else synonym relation
- a close/distant relative
- her friends and relatives
- He was visiting relatives in Scotland.
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb1- He greeted me like a long-lost relative.
- I have no parents or close relatives.
- She's caring for an elderly relative.
- The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.
- The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.
- The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.
- The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.
- an intimate reception for close friends and relatives
- an organization that helps people who have lost relatives (= whose relatives have died)
- people who care for a sick or disabled relative
- the increase in dependent elderly relatives
- I have close relatives.
- If you die without a will, only blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- near
- distant
- …
- have
- lose
- care for
- …
- friends and relatives
- friends or relatives
- a relative by marriage
- …
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- a thing that belongs to the same group as something else
- The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
- He believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French relatif, -ive, from late Latin relativus ‘having reference or relation’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.
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