compare

1. 1.

   qualities that are comparable

   “no comparison between the two books”

   “beyond compare”

   Synonymscomparisonequivalencecomparability

   Broaderlikeness

Other forms of compare

plural

compares·

past tense

compared·

present participle

comparing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about compare

What does compare mean?

compare means "examine and note the similarities or differences of". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in compare?

compare has 2 syllables: com-pare. The stress falls on "pare". In IPA it is /kəmˈpɛɹ/.

What is another word for compare?

Close synonyms include liken, equate, comparison, equivalence, comparability. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compare a common word?

compare is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with compare?

7 words rhyme with compare. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.