— comparability, comparableness , n. — comparably , adv.
/kom"peuhr euh beuhl/ or, sometimes, /keuhm pair"-/ , adj.
1. 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.
2. worthy of comparison: shops comparable to those on Fifth Avenue.
3. usable for comparison; similar: We have no comparable data on Russian farming.
[ 1375-1425; late ME comparabilis, equiv. to compara ( re ) to COMPARE + -bilis -BLE ]
Syn. 1. like, equal, equivalent, similar.