adjective
- capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
- usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.
adjective
- worthy of comparison
- able to be compared (with)
adj.late 14c., “incomparable,” from un- (1) “not” + comparable. Meaning “unable to be compared (to something else)” is from 1826. Related: Uncomparably. adj.early 15c., from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparabilis “capable of comparison,” from comparare (see comparison). Related: Comparably; comparability.