comparative

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to comparison.
2. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
3. Approximated by comparison; relative.
4. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.

Noun

1. The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
2. An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
3. (in-plural) Data used to make a comparison.
4. (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
5. (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Synonyms

relative

comparative degree

relational

parallel

pertinent

proportional

relevant

respective

rival

superlative

relatival

complementizer

camparable

correlative

germane

Translations

comparatif

comparativo

comparativo

Komparativ

comparativo

comparatiu

vergrotende trap

συγκριτικός

relativo

grado comparativo

Mehrstufe

Höherstufe

comparato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: comparatif

In summary

From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.