Comparative

Etymology
Originated 1400–50 from late comparative:, from  comparativus:, equivalent to comparatus: from comparare: + -ive: from  -ivus:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/k@m"p{r.@.tIf/}}

Adjective

 * 1) Of or related to comparison.
 * 2) Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
 * 3) Approximated by comparison; relative.
 * 4)  Comparable; bearing comparison.
 * 5) * 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.137:
 * And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative.

Derived terms

 * comparatively
 * comparativeness
 * comparativism
 * comparativist
 * comparativistic

Noun

 * 1)  A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
 * 2)  A word in the comparative form.

Thesaurus
affinitive, analogical, analogous, appertaining, approximate, associative, collatable, commensurable, commensurate, comparable, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport, equivalent, like, linking, matchable, much at one, near, parallel, pertaining, pertinent, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable, referring, relating, relational, relative, similar, sympathetic

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: сравнителен
 * Finnish: verrannollinen, vertaileva
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Persian: تفضیلی, تطبیقی
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: сравнителен
 * Finnish: vertaileva
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: относителен
 * Finnish:, verrannollinen


 * Russian:


 * : wiþmetenlic, wiþmetendlic
 * : vergleichend

Noun

 * Bulgarian: сравнителна степен
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Vergleichsform,


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Simplified: 比较
 * Traditional: 比較
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 비교급
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial: komparative
 * Old English: óðere wordmittung, óðere wordsomnung ;
 * Persian: (sefat-e bartar)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: сравнительная степень (sravnítel’naja stépen’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: cấp so sánh

Related terms

 * absolute, absolute superlative, relative superlative, comparative superlative
 * degrees of comparison
 * superlative

Adjective
comparative



Anagrams

 * comparivate
 * crepitavamo