Synonyms for comparative
kəmˈpær ə tɪvcom·par·a·tive

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1. comparative

   Synonyms:
   relatively, proportionately

   Antonyms:
   absolutely, actually, positively, superlatively

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1. comparative, comparative degreeadjective

   the comparative form of an adjective or adverb

   "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"

   Synonyms:
   comparative degree

2. comparativeadjective

   relating to or based on or involving comparison

   "comparative linguistics"

   Synonyms:
   relative

3. relative, comparativeadjective

   estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

   "a relative stranger"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, relative

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1. comparativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   comparing, able to compare

2. comparativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   judged by comparison, not positive, not absolute

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1. List of paraphrases for "comparative":

   comparison, relative, comparable, comparado, benchmarking, age-standardized, age-adjusted, comparé, comparing

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1. Sandrine Perret:

   Order books are currently very large (and this) gives visibility and makes the group somewhat more resilient from the general economic cycle, it gives the aerospace sector a comparative advantage relative to others that are more sensitive to short-term business fluctuations.

2. Yasuhiro Oba:

   The discovery of uracil in the samples from Ryugu lends strength to current theories regarding the source of nucleobases in the early Earth, the OSIRIS-REx mission by NASA will be returning samples from asteroid Bennu this year, and a comparative study of the composition of these asteroids will provide further data to build on these theories.

3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   We are quite concerned about protecting freedom of navigation, the free flow of commerce in the South China Sea, and we're going to continue to encourage all parties, big and small, to resolve their differences diplomatically and to not try to use their comparative size and strength to intimidate their neighbors.

4. Ashley Seifert:

   Will we one day be able to regenerate a human digit or even a limb ? Probably, but how long we need to wait is impossible to predict, one step in that direction will be when regenerative biology fully embraces new regenerative models, particularly certain species of mammals. This and comparative studies will help us understand how and why regeneration fails in some contexts and succeeds in others.

5. Chinese Embassy:

   Kazakhstani Health Department and other agencies are conducting comparative research and have not defined the nature of the pneumonia virus.