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   Com·pa·ra·ble

   /ˈkämp(ə)rəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or thing) able to be likened to another; similar: "flaked stone and bone tools comparable to Neanderthal man's tools" Similar similarclosenearapproximateakinequivalentcorrespondingcommensurateproportionalproportionateparallelanalogousrelatedlikematchingbordering onverging onapproachinginformal:not a million miles away fromrare:commensurable
   • ▪ of equivalent quality; worthy of comparison: "nobody is comparable with this athlete" Similar as good asequal toin the same class asin the same league asof the same standard asable to hold a candle toon a par withon a level withon an equal footing withthe equal ofa match forOpposite incomparable

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin comparabilis, from the verb comparare (see compare).

   Scrabble Points: 18

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