3 entries under this word

Correlative

Cō-rēl'a-tive, a.

adjective

a. Correlative.

Cor-rĕl'a-tive, a.

adjective

a. [It. & Sp. correlativo, Fr. cor-rélatif.] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.

Cor-rēl'a-tive, n.

noun

n. 1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to some other person or thing. Locke.

Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.

Sense 2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.