COMPARING (WITH) Synonyms: 18 Similar Words

comparing (with)

verb

present participle of compare (with)

as in measuring up (to)

to come near or nearer to in character or quality nothing compares with the literary achievement of Shakespeare

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approximating

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At this point in the news cycle, unity, or at least something approximating it, needs to be the chief league objective.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The show imagines communities centered on the Mississippi River, which flows through Minneapolis, and the installation echoes a riverbed, with platforms approximating islands.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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