Comparable Definition

kŏmpər-ə-bəl, -prə-bəl
adjective
That can be compared.
Webster's New World
Worthy of comparison.
Webster's New World
Similar or equivalent.
Pianists of comparable ability.
American Heritage
(often with to) Similar (to); like.
Wiktionary
(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.
Wiktionary
noun

Something suitable for comparison.

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Other Word Forms of Comparable

Noun

Singular:
comparable
Plural:
comparables

Origin of Comparable

  • From Middle French comparable.

    From Wiktionary

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