relative to

preposition

: with regard to : in connection with

Examples of relative to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chris Dowling’s film is earnest in its attempt to extract specifically Christian life lessons from a familiar tale of manchildren forced into growing up, and goes pretty light on the Bible-bashing relative to others in its cinematic church. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026

Wall decor in particular tends to be underpriced relative to its decorative or resale value. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

In fact, the company’s credit quality is high relative to the sector, and sponsor investment activity is improving. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Supply of data center CPUs can't keep up with demand as agentic workloads increase the number of CPUs needed relative to AI accelerators (like Nvidia's GPUs and Google's in-house TPUs). — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for relative to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou

Kids Definition

relative to

preposition

: in relation to

the angle of the pole relative to the ground