Complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied, smug, priggish are comparable when they mean feeling or showing satisfaction especially in one’s own possessions, attainments, accomplishments, or virtues.
Category: Synonyms
Compete vs Contend vs Contest
Compete, contend, contest are comparable especially in their intransitive senses when they mean to strive to gain the mastery or upper hand.
Compensate vs Countervail vs Balance vs Offset vs Counterbalance vs Counterpoise
Compensate, countervail, balance, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise are comparable when meaning to make up for or to undo the effects of.
Compendium vs Syllabus vs Digest vs Pandect vs Survey vs Sketch vs PrÉCis vs Aperçu
Compendium, syllabus, digest, pandect, survey, sketch, précis, aperçu are comparable when they mean a treatment of a subject or of a topic in brief compass.
Comparison vs Contrast vs Antithesis vs Collation vs Parallel
Comparison, contrast, antithesis, collation, parallel mean a setting of things side by side so as to discover or exhibit their likenesses and differences, especially their generic likenesses and differences.
Compare vs Contrast vs Collate
Compare, contrast, collate mean to set two or more things side by side in order to show likenesses and differences.
Company vs Party vs Band vs Troop vs Troupe
Company, party, band, troop, troupe are comparable when they denote a group of persons who are associated in a joint endeavor or who are assembled for a common end.
Compact vs Consolidate vs Unify vs Concentrate
Compact, consolidate, unify, concentrate are comparable when meaning to bring or gather together the parts, particles, elements, or units of a thing so as to form a close mass or an integral whole.
Communicate vs Impart
Communicate, impart mean to convey or transfer something (as information, feelings, or qualities) neither tangible nor concrete; they differ chiefly in emphasis, communicate stressing the result, impart rather the process, of the transfer.
Commotion vs Agitation vs Tumult vs Turmoil vs Turbulence vs Confusion vs Convulsion vs Upheaval
Commotion, agitation, tumult, turmoil, turbulence, confusion, convulsion, upheaval are comparable when they designate great physical, mental, or emotional excitement.
Commonplace vs Platitude vs Truism vs Bromide vs Cliché
Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliché mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness.
Common vs Ordinary vs Familiar vs Popular vs Vulgar
Common, ordinary, familiar, popular, vulgar are comparable when they mean being or having the character of what is generally or usually met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual.