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Definition of "comparable to" []

  • Worthy of comparison; as good as (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "comparable to" in a sentence
  • "And finally, conforming to this pattern, the assistant secretarylevel NSC Review Group was replaced, in September 1970, by the Senior Review Group SRG, with membership and chairmanship comparable to the others."
  • "The LLTV was given a three-axis sidearm control stick very comparable to what Grumman was placing into the LM rather than the conventional aircraft-type center stick for pitch and roll control and rudder pedals for yaw control that had been in the LLRV, and a rate-command/attitude-hold control system closely approximating the handling characteristics anticipated for the LM."
  • "British moral outrage fixed on the Sudanese slave trade as an affront to humanity comparable to the East African trade, and on Khedive Ismail as its ally against evil."
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