compared

verb

past tense of compare
1
as in equated
to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster

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2
as in identified
to regard or represent as equal or comparable compared the restaurant's food to the nectar of the gods

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Recent Examples of compared The oldest group now has roughly 15x the wealth of the youngest, compared with about 9x three years earlier. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 The company claims its system can reduce filament waste by up to 85% and printing time by up to 80% compared with conventional single-nozzle multi-color methods. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 Yet his next leadership election is looking smooth compared with the past couple of bouts to lead the Senate GOP. — semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Goble compared the potential benefits to playing a game of poker with better cards in the deck. — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The cost of a hair transplant in Turkey can be appealing, especially when compared with prices in the United States. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The open-label study compared treated forearms with untreated forearms rather than a placebo cream. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In the capital region, 5,978 customers remained without power in El Dorado, Placer and Amador counties, compared with nearly 20,000 on Friday morning. — Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Starting with Mandela's presidency, South Africa's government has openly compared the situation faced by nonwhite people during apartheid to the Palestinians' plight. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compared
  1. equated
  2. identified
  3. linked
  4. connected
  5. related
  6. matched
Verb
  • Blackwell equated Robinson’s impact to that of Sidney Poitier, Thurgood Marshall and Jackie Robinson.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The character is a type-A perfect student who never has a single hair out of place — a way of being that Gerber has stepped into after years in the fashion industry where perfection is often equated with sublime beauty.
    — Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of equated
Verb
  • Krantz said the suspect, a male city resident who has not yet been publicly identified, was spotted entering the school by a community member, who eventually pursued him into the school and shot him.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Police identified the suspect as a 16-year-old Bend resident.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of identified
Verb
  • At the time, doctors didn’t believe it was linked to her vision loss.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Evidence recovered from Evonitz’s South Carolina apartment, former Virginia residence and vehicle linked him to three unsolved murders.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of linked
Verb
  • So the two started chatting and wondered if there was a resource where they could get connected to couples having a wedding in their area who needed a seat-filler of sorts.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The two filmmakers had been struggling to get anyone else in Holmes’s orbit on-camera when Emma Stone, a close friend of Fielder’s, connected him with Amanda Seyfried.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of connected
Verb
  • According to a preliminary investigation, the fight was likely gang related.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Falls are the leading cause of injury and injury-related death in this age group, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of related
Verb
  • Loofe’s friend matched with Audrey and gave her details to investigators, who soon discovered that the phone number belonged to a 23-year-old woman named Bailey Boswell.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The size of these holes matched the size and shape of a single bacterial cell, the study found.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of matched

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“Compared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compared. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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