comparison

Other forms of comparison

plural

comparisons·

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 comparison

What does comparison mean?

comparison means "the act of examining resemblances". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in comparison?

comparison has 4 syllables: com-par-i-son. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /kəmˈpɛɹəsən/.

What is another word for comparison?

Close synonyms include comparing, compare, 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 comparison a common word?

comparison 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.