Dictionary Entry
comparative
comparative is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to comparison. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to comparison.
- 2adjective
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
- 3adjective
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
- 4adjective
Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.
- 5noun
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
- 6noun
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- 7noun
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
- 8noun
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
"`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"
"`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"
- 9adjective
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
"a relative stranger"
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- 10adjective
relating to or based on or involving comparison
"comparative linguistics"
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