com ‧ pa ‧ ra ‧ ble /ˈkɒmp ə rəb ə l $ ˈkɑːm-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ comparison , ↑ comparability , the comparative; adverb : ↑ comparatively , ↑ comparably ; adjective : ↑ comparable ≠ ↑ incomparable , ↑ comparative ; verb : ↑ compare ]
1 . similar to something else in size, number, quality etc, so that you can make a comparison ⇨ compare , comparison :
A car of comparable size would cost far more abroad.
comparable figures/data/results
comparable figures for the same period of time last year
comparable with/to
The planet Pluto is comparable in size to the Moon.
2 . being equally important, good, bad etc OPP incomparable :
These two artists just aren’t comparable.
comparable with/to
His poetry is hardly comparable with Shakespeare’s.
—comparability /ˌkɒmp ə rəˈbɪləti, ˌkɒmp ə rəˈbɪlɪti $ ˌkɑːm-/ noun [uncountable]