WordWeb Online

1. Relating to or based on or involving comparison
   "comparative linguistics"
    
2. Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
   "a comparative stranger";
   - relative

1. The comparative form of an adjective or adverb
   "'faster' is the comparative of the adjective 'fast'"; "'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous'"; "'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'";
   - comparative degree

Derived forms: comparatives

See also: relational

Type of: adjective, adverb

Encyclopedia: Comparative