COMPARABLE Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

comparable

adjective

ˈkäm-p(ə-)rə-bəl

Definition of comparable

as in similar

having qualities in common two comparable selections that are hard to choose between

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Recent Examples of comparable The company also slashed its full-year outlook for Foot Locker sales while leaving its comparable-sales forecast for Dick’s unchanged. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 The BBC‘s is funded by the licence fee and does not account in a comparable way. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, the company reported its second straight quarter of comparable sales gains, saying a merchandising overhaul under its new CEO is boosting sales throughout its stores. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Its low gravity and extremely thin atmosphere also allow volcanic material to rise much higher than comparable eruption plumes on Earth. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comparable

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The Southwest zone in Option 3 would be similar to its zone in Option 2.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
For instance, a default daily time limit of two hours for users under 18 that can only be lifted by a parent, under the settlement, would drop to one hour If other social media platforms agree to similar terms.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of similar

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Astronomers are finding that in between the brightest stars, the 'tallest skyscrapers' in the above analogy, there are much fainter stars analogous to smaller buildings.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
War weariness on the rise Ukrainian experts say the logic of hitting largely consumer targets is in part retribution for analogous Russian attacks, and that disrupted supply chains affect the military as well.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of analogous

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In March, the agency coordinated the release of 400 million barrels from these emergency oil stockpiles, the largest such intervention in its history.

— Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Sebold’s was the third such attack in Thornden Park, which runs alongside the campus, in about seven months.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026

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