Comparative

1. n. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
2. a. Of or pertaining to comparison.
3. a. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
4. a. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
5. a. Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.
6. n. The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
7. n. An equal; a rival; a compeer.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.