comparative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- comparative derivation
- betterp has domain usage
- better has domain usage
- finer has domain usage
- worse has domain usage
- better has domain usage
- farthermost has domain usage
- earlier has domain usage
- morea has domain usage
- lessa has domain usage
- morea has domain usage
- fewer has domain usage
- worse has domain usage
- closer has domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
relating to or based on or involving comparison
comparative linguistics
Related & opposite
- comparative derivation
- equate derivation
- comparison pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
a relative stranger
Related & opposite
- absolute antonym
- relativity derivation
- compare derivation
- equate derivation
- relational similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comparative |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | betterp |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | better |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | finer |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | worse |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | better |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | farthermost |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | earlier |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | morea |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | lessa |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | morea |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | fewer |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | worse |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | closer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjective |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adverb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comparative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | comparison |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | absolute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | relativity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compare |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | relational |