COMPARATIVE

• (noun) 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

• (adj.) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

  "a relative stranger"

  synonyms : relative

• (adj.) relating to or based on or involving comparison

  "comparative linguistics"

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