compares

verb

present tense third-person singular of compare
1
as in equates
to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster

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2
as in identifies
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 compares What Hasty built instead compares each coach against the specific opposing talent his players faced, which means a good coach with a bad roster finally looks different from a bad coach with a good one. — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 During training, one neural network compares the robot’s movements with the insect demonstrations, while another learns a reward structure that encourages behavior similar to the biological example. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 When building their team for Keepers, the group compares the process to speed dating. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 The Drought Monitor also has a look-back chart that compares drought conditions from 3 months ago up to 1 year ago. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 28 Aug. 2026 That compares with an average of 9% in write-downs for private credit funds with vintages of 2016 or later through the first four years of the lifecycle. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Don Henley compares the Eagles’ role there to the organist at a silent movie. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The producer David McConnell, who worked on Elliott’s final album, compares the typical song to racing around a track, hitting the same predictable markers over and over—verse, chorus, verse, chorus. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Kuo compares the situation to that of the iPhone X in 2017, where supply constraints linked to new tech like Face ID meant shortages over the holiday season and sky-high costs among retailers. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compares
  1. equates
  2. identifies
  3. connects
  4. relates
  5. likens
Verb
  • Summary Common perception equates effective leadership with charisma, often ignoring competent but uncharismatic individuals.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of equates
Verb
  • The cops don’t entirely buy that their serial killer is a high-school student, even as Bret identifies Robert by name.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In Colorado, nearly a quarter of the overall population identifies as Hispanic or Latino.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of identifies
Verb
  • The property celebrates nature, with biophilic design that effortlessly connects guests with the sand, sea, and sky outside; fittingly, the signature experiences at Patina Maldives are rooted in communion with nature as well.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The new solution connects with existing legal software such as iManage, NetDocuments, Docusign, and many others.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • Each and every item relates in some way to the novel’s storyline, yet miraculously, many of the objects were sourced before the book was even written.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Holland’s Spider-Man relates more personally to everyone — friends and foes — than any other superhero; his scenes with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Det.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of relates
Verb
  • Advertisement Board chair Bret Taylor likens the AI competition to a chessboard whose critical squares include frontier capability, the price and performance of each token, and the products wrapped around the models.
    — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Gene Towsel likens the drought in church choirs, especially in the Black church, to biblical times.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of likens

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“Compares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compares. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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