Of or relating to comparison. / Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. / Approximated by comparison; relative. / (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.

(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.

In a comparative manner. / When compared to other entities.

plural of comparative

The state or quality of being comparative.

Abbreviation of comparative.

Abbreviation of comparative.

(often with to) Able to be compared (to). / (often with to) Similar (to); like. / (mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.

Something suitable for comparison.

(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.