Hyphenation of Relative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Relative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Rel-a-tive

Definitions of Relative:

1.
A person related by blood or marriage
Police are searching for relatives of the deceased He has distant relations back in New Jersey
2.
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
3.
Estimated by comparison
Not absolute or complete A relative stranger
4.
Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics
Usually followed by `to' The punishment ought to be proportional to the crime Earnings relative to production

Synonyms of Relative:

adj relative, comparative, qualifying, relational
adj proportional, proportionate
noun relation, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun congener, congenator, organism, being

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