comparative

  • (a) relating to or based on or involving comparison
    • comparative linguistics
  • (a) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
    • a relative stranger
    relative,

Nouns

  • (n) 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"
    • "more surely" is the comparative of the adverb "surely"
    comparative degree,

Synonyms

comparative degree relative

Antonyms

absolute

Words of close approximity

comparative anatomist comparative anatomy comparative degree comparative literature comparatively comparative negligence comparative psychology