correlative
adjective, noun
Forms correlatives
- adjective Mutually related; corresponding.
- noun (formal) Either of two correlative things.
- noun (grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
Synonyms
Etymology
From correlate + -ive or cor- + relative.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
- noun One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke.
- noun The antecedent of a pronoun.
Etymology [Cf. F. corrélatif.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “correlative”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details