I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ close , near
▪
The succession passed to the nearest surviving ~.
▪ distant
▪ blood , family
▪
If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood ~s are entitled to inherit your property.
▪ immediate
▪
The deceased's immediate ~s will inherit her estate.
▪ living , surviving
▪ deceased
▪ elderly , old
▪ young
▪ female , male
▪ long-lost
▪
He greeted me like a long-lost ~.
▪ poor ( often figurative )
▪
He believes that interior design is the poor ~ of ( = inferior to ) architecture.
▪ dependent ( esp. BrE )
▪
the increase in dependent elderly ~s
▪ disabled , ill , sick
▪
people who care for a sick or disabled ~
▪ bereaved , grieving (both esp. BrE )
VERB + RELATIVE
▪ have
▪
I have no parents or close ~s.
▪ lose
▪
an organization that helps people who have lost ~s (= whose relatives have died)
▪ care for , give support to , help , look after ( esp. BrE ), support , take care of ( esp. AmE )
▪
She's caring for an elderly ~.
▪ live with
▪ stay with , visit
▪ find , trace ( esp. BrE )
▪
The police are trying to find the ~s of the deceased.
▪ contact , inform
▪
The names of the victims are being withheld until the ~s have been informed.
PHRASES
▪ friends and ~s , friends or ~s
▪
an intimate reception for close friends and ~s
▪ a ~ by marriage
II.
adj.
Relative is used with these nouns: ↑ abundance , ↑ advantage , ↑ anonymity , ↑ autonomy , ↑ clause , ↑ comfort , ↑ conservatism , ↑ contribution , ↑ decrease , ↑ deprivation , ↑ distribution , ↑ ease , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ efficiency , ↑ failure , ↑ freedom , ↑ frequency , ↑ harmony , ↑ humidity , ↑ importance , ↑ impotence , ↑ inactivity , ↑ independence , ↑ inexperience , ↑ influence , ↑ insignificance , ↑ isolation , ↑ lack , ↑ luxury , ↑ magnitude , ↑ merit , ↑ neglect , ↑ obscurity , ↑ peace , ↑ percentage , ↑ position , ↑ privacy , ↑ probability , ↑ pronoun , ↑ proportion , ↑ prosperity , ↑ quiet , ↑ risk , ↑ safety , ↑ scarcity , ↑ seclusion , ↑ silence , ↑ simplicity , ↑ size , ↑ stability , ↑ status , ↑ stranger , ↑ strength , ↑ success , ↑ term , ↑ uniformity , ↑ unknown , ↑ weakness , ↑ wealth