Relative
Relative adjective - Being such only when compared to something else.
Usage example: after being crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, they lived in relative comfort in a two-bedroom house
Similar and relative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Similar" instead an adjective "Relative".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- correspondent and relative
- correspondent and similar
- kin and relative
- kin and similar
- equivalent and relative
- equivalent and similar
- allied and relative
- allied and similar
- related and relative
- related and similar
- comparable and relative
- comparable and similar
- cognate and relative
- cognate and similar
Both words in one sentence
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And while they didn't find an exact match, it did flag up someone from the ACPO files with a very similar genetic profile... i.e., a direct and close relative.
Source: Series / New Tricks -
It looks similar to this close relative from the coast of California, but can jump even higher.
Source: Jumping Fish -
The captain's tent is always in the same relative spot, even large fortresses like the one in Calderon have a similar set-up.
Source: Literature / Codex Alera
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