Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; 
- Example: "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"- Example: "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"- Example: "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"[syn: comparative, comparative degree]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comparative degree
    n 1: 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'"
         [syn: comparative, comparative degree]