COMPARING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

comparing

verb

Definition of comparing next

present participle of compare

as in equating

to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster

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contrasting

as in identifying

to regard or represent as equal or comparable compared the restaurant's food to the nectar of the gods

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Recent Examples of comparing Shanahan said Height did a little bit of everything in college and will likely have multiple roles for the 49ers, comparing him to Byron Young and Jalon Walker, who played under new 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris with the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons, respectively. —

Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys. —

Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Apple also reportedly plans to use Samsung COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) instead of its regular polarizer layer film in its OLED, comparing the color filter directly to what is called the encapsulation layer of the display. —

Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026 Kaminsky remembered Allen coming off as genuine and passionate, comparing his personality to that of former Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco. —

Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026 The device works by comparing the time lag between two beams of light traveling through the fiber optic cable in the spiraling coils and back. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, when comparing the all-electric Mustang Mach E to the Tesla Model Y, the Mustang was 70 pounds heavier because Ford had approached the internal wiring in a more traditional way. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 Trump was favorably comparing his prospective deal with the Obama administration’s in 2015. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 Chris Rock made some brief remarks from his table comparing him to Marlon Brando. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparing

Verb

Contemporary theories of consciousness generally attempt to bridge this gap by equating consciousness with some measurable, physical property of the brain.

— Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
The administration reframes the drug war as military conflict, equating cartels to terrorist groups like ISIS and prioritizing lethal force over law enforcement.

— Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026