Definition of correlative

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Correlative (n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

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As :: As (adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
Correlative :: Correlative (n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
#NAME? :: -ee () A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer..
Vendor :: Vendor (n.) A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.
Debtee :: Debtee (n.) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.
Succiduous :: Successor (n.) One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king..
Devisor :: Devisor (n.) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee..
Gammer :: Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man..
Correlate :: Correlate (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative..
#NAME? :: -or () A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er..
One :: One (a.) Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without the..
Other :: Other (conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
Wife :: Wife (n.) The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
Correlatively :: Correlatively (adv.) In a correlative relation.
Writative :: Writative (a.) Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative.
Man :: Man (n.) A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
Sloven :: Sloven (n.) A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut..
Whether :: Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first..
Correlative :: Correlative (a.) Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
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