comparative degree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).