Comparison

/kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/

Synonyms for "comparison" (162 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

accordance affinity agent agreement alikeness allegory alliance alternate alternative analogy aping approach approximation assembly assimilation backup balance balancingcall upcanvass

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census change changeling closeness collection combination commensurability community comparability

Noun(4 words)

analogies analogy comparabilitycomparative analysis

Strong matches (48)

Noun(13 words)

comparative history studycompare comparingcomparison chartcomparison tablecontrast contrasts differencedifferentiation knowledgediffing equivalencegraphic organizergreater-than relation

Verb(3 words)

compare physical propertiescompare trialscompare values

concourse concurrence confluence conformity confrontation contrast contrasting copy copying correlation correspondence counterfeit deputy double dummy equal equality equivalent ersatz exchange

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fake fill-in gathering ghost ghostwriter identity imitation inventory junction juxtaposing juxtaposition

Adjective(1 words)

instructional comparison

Related words (81)

Noun(11 words)

juxtaposition juxtapositionsmethod comparisonmonitoring ecosystem recoveriesmore comparativemore thanparallelling ratio similesstatistical comparisonvenn diagram

kinship likeness likeninglocum tenensmakeshift match matching metaphor metonymy mimicking mobilization muster nearnessnext best thingopposing opposition parable parallelism parity personnel

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phonypinch hitterproportion proxy relation relationship relief replacement representative resemblance reserves respect ringer rodeo roundup samenesssecond stringsecondary semblance sign similarity simile similitude simulation spare sparesstand instand-in sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate survey symbol synecdochethird stringtoken understudyutility playervicarvice presidentvice-president vice-regent weighing

Adverb(1 words)

more industrial revolution

Adjective(1 words)

unregulated finance

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

alikeness analysisdata analysiseducational toolexaminationgraphic organizerhistorical methodinquiry likeness measurementquantitative studyrelation scrutiny similitudeteaching aid

More specific

9 entries

T chartVenn diagramcause comparisoncomparison tabledate comparisonlength comparisonpopulation comparisonsource comparisontimeline comparison

Collocations

6 entries

close comparisoncomparison chartcomparison tabledirect comparisonhistorical comparisonside by side comparison

Inflections

1 entries

comparisons

Derivations

7 entries

comparability comparable comparably comparative comparatively comparator compare

Translations

89 translations across 63 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

vergelyking noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Albanian

1 entries

krahasim noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σύγκρισις noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Arabic

4 entries

تَشْبِيه noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
مُقارَنة noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
مُقَابَلَة noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
مُقَارَنَة noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Armenian

1 entries

համեմատություն noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

müqayisə noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Belarusian

1 entries

параўна́нне noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Bengali

1 entries

তুলনা noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Bulgarian

1 entries

сравне́ние noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Burmese

1 entries

အနှိုင်း noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Catalan

1 entries

comparació noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

比較 /比较 noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Czech

1 entries

porovnání noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Danish

1 entries

sammenligning noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Dutch

1 entries

vergelijking noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Esperanto

1 entries

komparo noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Finnish

1 entries

vertailu noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

French

1 entries

comparaison noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Galician

2 entries

comparación noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
comparanza noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Georgian

1 entries

შედარება noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

German

4 entries

Komparation noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
Vergleich noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
Vergleichen noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
Vergleichung noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Greek

1 entries

σύγκριση noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Hebrew

1 entries

השוואה \ הַשְׁוָאָה noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Hindi

1 entries

तुलना noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Hungarian

2 entries

összehasonlítás noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
összevetés noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Ingrian

1 entries

rinnoitus noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Italian

3 entries

comparazione noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
confronto noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
paragone noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Japanese

1 entries

比較 noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Kazakh

1 entries

салыстыру noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Khmer

2 entries

ប្រៀប noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
ពាក្យប្រៀប noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Korean

1 entries

비교 noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Lao

1 entries

ການປຽບທຽບ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Latin

1 entries

comparātiō noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Latvian

2 entries

salīdzinājums noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
salīdzināšana noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Lithuanian

1 entries

lyginimas noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Macedonian

1 entries

споредба noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Malayalam

1 entries

താരതമ്യം noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Middle English

1 entries

comparisoun noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Mongolian

1 entries

харьцуулалт noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Māori

1 entries

whakatairitenga noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Norman

1 entries

compathaison noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sammenligning noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Old English

1 entries

wiþmetennes noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Persian

2 entries

تشبیه noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
مقایسه noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Polish

1 entries

porównanie noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Portuguese

1 entries

comparação noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Romanian

1 entries

comparație noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Russian

2 entries

сра́внивание noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
сравне́ние noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

poređenje noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
ȕsporedba noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
поређење noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
у̏споредба noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Slovak

1 entries

porovnanie noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Slovene

1 entries

primerjava noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Spanish

2 entries

comparación noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
comparanza noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Swedish

1 entries

jämförelse noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Tajik

1 entries

муқоиса noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Tamil

1 entries

ஒப்பீடு noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Thai

1 entries

การเปรียบเทียบ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Tibetan

4 entries

དཔེ་ཉེར་འཇལ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
དཔེ་ཟླ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
མཉམ་བསྡུར noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
ཚད་སྡུར noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Turkish

3 entries

karşılaştırma noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
mukayese noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
salıştırma noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Ukrainian

1 entries

порі́вняння noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Urdu

2 entries

اَنْدَازَہ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)
مُوَازَنَہ noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Uzbek

1 entries

muqoyasa noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sự so sánh noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Walloon

1 entries

rimetaedje noun (act of comparing or the state of being compared)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.

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In comparison with this, that is far better.

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This furniture is superior beyond comparison.

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This is superior beyond comparison.

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