comparative

Adjective

• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
  • a relative stranger
    

• relating to or based on or involving comparison
  • comparative linguistics
    

Noun

• 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'
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  relative , comparative degree