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comparable

  • /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/ UK
  • [ˈkʰɒmpʰəɹəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɒmpʰɹəbl̩] UK
  • /kəmˈpæɹəbəl/ UK
  • [kəmˈpæɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpæɹəbl̩] UK
  • /ˈkɑmpɚəbəl/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɑmpʰɚəbəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑmpʰɹ̩əbl̩] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /kəmˈpɛɹəbəl/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [kəmˈpɛɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpɛɹəbl̩] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /kəmˈpæɹəbəl/ US, dialectal
  • [kəmˈpæɹəbəl] ~ [kəmˈpæɹəbl̩] US, dialectal

Where it comes from

From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.

adjective more comparable · most comparable

  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. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
  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. of an adjective Having comparative and superlative forms. "Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.

    Similar: gradable

noun comparables

  1. Something suitable for comparison. And the appraiser said he couldn't come up with comparables, because there hadn't been any sales nearby in several months.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: same, corresponding, like, comparable to, comparative, comparison, similar, equivalent, matching, tantamount, compare, equal, identical, relative, analogous, commensurate

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adj able to be compared

Españolcomparable, equiparable
한국어비슷하다 biseuthada, 견줄 만하다 gyeonjul manhada, 비교(比較)할 수 있다 bigyohal su itda, 비교(比較)가 가능(可能)하다 bigyo-ga ganeunghada
日本語比較できる hikaku dekiru
中文比得上 bǐdeshàng, 可比較的, 可比较的 kě bǐjiào de
हिन्दीतुल्य tulya
Portuguêscomparável
Françaiscomparable
Deutschvergleichbar, steigerbar, komparabel, komparierbar, graduierbar
Italianocomparabile
Ελληνικάσυγκρίσιμος sygkrísimos
Românăcomparabil
Русскийсравни́мый sravnímyj, сопостави́мый sopostavímyj

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@misc{comparable_2026,
  title = {comparable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comparable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}