Main entry: comparative, comparative degree
Definition: the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
Usage: `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'; `less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'; `more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'
Main entry: relative, comparative
Definition: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
Usage: a relative stranger
Main entry: comparative
Definition: relating to or based on or involving comparison
Usage: comparative linguistics