- 1connected with studying things to find out how similar or different they are a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries comparative linguistics
- 2measured or judged by how similar or different it is to something else synonym relative Then he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others or with his own life at a previous time). The company is a comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have been in business much longer).
- 3(grammar) relating to adjectives or adverbs that express more in amount, degree, or quality, for example better, worse, slower, and more difficult compare superlative
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