correlative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun either of two or more related or complementary variables
    correlate.
  2. adjective satellite mutually related
    correlate; correlated.
  3. adjective satellite expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
    • correlative conjunctions

WordNet

Cor*rel"a*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. corrélatif.
Definitions
  1. Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
    Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.
Cor*rel"a*tive noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke.
    Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.
  2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

Webster 1913