comparable
Able to be compared (to).
Adjective 4 meanings
Able to be compared (to).
“An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.”
Similar (to); like.
Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
“Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.”
Having comparative and superlative forms.
“"Big" is a comparable adjective because it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; "unique" and "amazing", in contrast, are not comparable adjectives.”
Noun 1 meaning
Something suitable for comparison.
Etymology
From Middle English comparable, from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparābilis. By surface analysis, compare + -able.
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COMPARABLE at a glance
COMPARABLE has 10 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 23 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,125 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with comparable
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- COMPARABLY21
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