| Noun | 1. | relative - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"kin, kinsperson, family - a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" next of kin - the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" | |