comparing

Other forms of comparing

plural

comparings·

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 comparing

What does comparing mean?

comparing means "the act of examining resemblances".

How many syllables are in comparing?

comparing has 3 syllables: com-par-ing. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /kəmˈpɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for comparing?

Close synonyms include comparison. 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 comparing a common word?

comparing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 comparing?

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