Antonyms for compare


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh m-pair
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpɛər


Definition of compare

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French comparer (12c., Modern French comparer), from Late Latin comparare "to liken, to compare" (see comparison). Related: Compared; comparing. To compare notes is from 1708. Phrase without compare (attested from 1620s, but similar phrasing dates to 1530s) seems to be altered by folk etymology from compeer "rival."
  • verb examine in contrast
  • verb liken, equate
Example sentences :
  • Or I might compare them to cherubs, haunting that holy place.
  • Extract from : « Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Compare the living face with the pictured one," said the painter.
  • Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • On the score of health they may compare favourably with any race.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Neither Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, can compare with it for sumptuosity.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Why do I compare him with one whom I thought I had forgotten?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • And yet in this village how can she compare him with others; how can she form a choice?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Compare the French of to-day with the French of the old regime.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • That is a very inferior car they have,—so Charles says, at least; nothing to compare with this.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • They sit (very uncomfortably) on a sloping stone there, and compare notes.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • There you have Sagnier and Fonsegue: just compare them a bit.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for compare

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