COMPS Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

comps 1 of 2

noun

plural of comp

as in gifts

something given to someone without expectation of a return this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class

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comps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of comp

as in awards

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Recent Examples of comps

Noun

Making matters worse, their comps were to Q2 2025 hits A Minecraft Movie and Sinners. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 Taking those two stats alone as a filter and looking among qualified hitters this year, some of his comps include Andy Pages, Wilyer Abreu and Sal Stewart. — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 This matters because ringing up more sales outside the morning coffee rush can help keep Starbucks’ comps growing at satisfactory clips as year-over-year comparisons get tougher. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026 But last year, Australia’s National Rodeo Association raised the age limit to 18, boosting Bella’s ambition to one day ride in adult comps. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 The contracts of the Ducks’ Jackson LaCombe and the New Jersey Devils’ Luke Hughes – both carry a $9 million annual average value – will surely be used as comps. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 9 June 2026 The comps were particularly rough that season, as the NYC-OKC skirmish was no match for what would prove to be Michael Jordan’s final championship in Chicago. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026 Many things work in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’s favor, distinguishing it from some of the duller comps in the past several years. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comps

Noun

After that, the two tinkered with a few start-up concepts, including one meant to help people surprise their friends with gifts—like wine at a restaurant.

— Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
People were more reluctant to use AI when choosing gifts for close friends.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gifts

Verb

The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, a statewide housing finance authority that awards those credits to developers, lobbied Congress for the change.

— Solomon Greene, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) awards a total of over $2 million in prize money to teams and riders throughout the three-week race.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

Definition of awards

Noun

The event featured live music, free giveaways that included Chromebooks, gas cards and biometric gun safes, and presentations from guests who spoke about safety.

— David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
The awards presentations will take place in Venice on Sept 6 and 7 as part of the inaugural Liberatum Art & Cinema, a new multidisciplinary programme staged to mark the cultural group’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of presentations

Noun

The Grocery Spot is now appealing to the community for financial support, warning that without additional donations it could be forced to close.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The hospital’s only refrigerator capable of storing blood donations was also damaged by a power surge following the quake, rendering transfusions impossible.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of donations

Verb

Any page that’s readable by a human could also be correctly interpreted by an AI scraping tool that simply renders the full webpage and uses optical character recognition on an image of the output.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
However, a severe injury now renders any potential deal for the 20-year-old virtually impossible, altering his immediate future at the club.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of renders

Verb

The historic hilltop Fortress of San Leo affords visitors panoramic views of the valleys below.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
With so many in the world being uprooted and seeking security, the scriptural account of Ruth affords an example of how a more universal Love meets human needs.

— Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026