comparable
/ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.08 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Similar (to); like.
adj
Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
adj
noun
Something suitable for comparison.
Example Sentences
- "An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus."
- "You can't say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable."
- "The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2.""
- "As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them."
- "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."
- "Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not."
Etymology
From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: comparable, comparābilis