comparable

Meaning of comparable

noun

Something suitable for comparison.

adjective
  1. (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
    An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.
  2. (often with to) Similar (to); like.
  3. Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
    Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
  4. (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
    "Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage.

Information about comparable

Hyphenation of comparable

com-pa-ra-ble

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • comparable is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

comparable synonyms

Meaning corresponding:

corresponding, like

Translation of comparable

Words that rhyme with comparable

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