I'd like to do: resultlist = operandlist1 + operandlist2 where for example operandlist1=[1,2,3,4,5] operandlist2=[5,4,3,2,1] and resultlist will become [6,6,6,6,6]. Using map(), I can do: map(lambda op1,op2: op1 + op2, operandlist1, operandlist2) Is there any reasonable way to do this via a list comprehension ?