Synonyms of comprises

comprises

verb

present tense third-person singular of comprise

1

as in contains

to be made up of

the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contains
• includes
• consists (of)
• encompasses
• involves
• entails
• incorporates
• comprehends
• musters
• embodies
• embraces
• takes in
• assimilates

2

as in constitutes

to be all the substance of

at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• constitutes
• composes
• forms
• incorporates
• embodies
• integrates
• makes up
• complements
• epitomizes
• personifies
• incarnates
• completes
• supplements
• substantiates
• materializes
• fills (out)
• fleshes (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of comprises

China comprises more than two-thirds of L’Oréal’s North Asia business. — Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

The Adobe Film & TV Fund Advisory Board comprises accomplished filmmakers, producers, creative executives and industry advocates. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

The human vocal motor cortex comprises subregions that drive movements in discrete parts of the vocal tract, such as the tongue, jaw, and lips. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Trump wants to replace the existing 36-hole public facility, which comprises three courses, with a new 18-hole championship course designed by golf architect Tom Fazio. — Chris Matthews, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

The base model of this shinier version of the MacBook Pro starts with the same M5 Pro chip, which comprises a 15-core CPU, a 16-core GPU, and Apple's 16-core Neural Engine coprocessor. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

He will be tasked with shaping and overseeing the institution’s permanent collection, which comprises more than nine thousand objects—including works by more than eight hundred artists—dating from the present back to the nineteenth century. — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Nov. 2026

Barishal sits along a river, one of many veining through the land that comprises the Ganges Delta and flows into the Bay of Bengal. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

The Tentative List, as the name suggests, comprises natural and cultural properties that a country considers to have the potential to be recognized as World Heritage. — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026