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Another word for parallel

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Adjective

  1. Lying in the same plane and not intersecting

      1. Of a secondary nature; subordinate:
      2. Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Secondary; subordinate; supplemental. Property, including accounts, contract rights, and chattel paper, that is subjected to a security interest in exchange for credit or as security for a debt. Indirect; on a parallel or diverging line.
      3. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation:
    Idioms:
    See also:

    geometry

  2. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics

      1. Having close resemblance; similar:
      2. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
      3. Like one another; showing resemblance; similar
      1. Similar or comparable in certain respects
      2. (Biol.) Similar in function but not in origin and structure
      3. Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
      1. Worthy of comparison
      2. Admitting of comparison with another or others:
      3. Similar or equivalent:
      1. Participating at a distance from the rest of a group:
      2. Accompanying another:
      3. That have a similar relationship
      1. Equal in quantity, value, force, meaning, etc.
      2. (Mathematics) Capable of being put into a one-to-one relationship. Used of two sets.
      3. Being essentially equal, all things considered:
      1. Having almost or exactly the same qualities, characteristics, etc.; similar; equal
      2. Clarendon
      3. Similar.
      1. (Geom.) Having the same shape, but not the same size or position
      2. Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
      3. (Mathematics) Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures:
      1. Being the same as or consonant with another or others:
      2. Always the same; not varying or changing in form, rate, degree, manner, etc.; constant
      3. Having the same form, appearance, manner, etc. as others of the same class; conforming to a given standard
    See also:

    same

Noun

  1. Something closely resembling or analogous to something else

      1. A thing or part that is analogous
      1. (Chemistry) A compound produced in the same process that produces another, often structurally similar compound.
      2. A person or thing of the same kind, class, race, or genus
      3. A substance, formed in an alcoholic beverage during fermentation or distillation, that gives the beverage its characteristic flavor, color, etc.
      1. Either of two interrelated things, esp. if one implies the other
      2. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative
      1. Either of two correlative things.
      2. A thing closely related to something else
      3. (Grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbal form, in Esperanto regularly formed, indicating 'which?', 'that', 'some', 'none', and 'every', as applied to people, things, type, place, manner, reason, time, or quantity, as: kiu ‘who’ (which person?), iu ‘someone’ (some person), tie ‘there’ (that place), ĉie ‘everywhere’ (all places), etc.
      1. A person or firm acting for, or having regular business relations with, another at a distance
      2. One employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles:
      3. A person hired by a newspaper, radio or television network, etc. to furnish news, articles, newscast segments, etc. of a certain type or from a distant place
      1. A copy or duplicate, as of a lease
      2. A person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function
      3. One of two parts that fit and complete each other.
      1. Two or more persons or things that go together in appearance, size, or other quality
      2. A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other:
      3. A slender piece of wood, cardboard, waxed cord, etc. tipped with a composition that catches fire by friction; esp., a safety match
    See also:

    same

Verb

  1. To be equal or alike

      1. To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of:
      2. To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken:
      3. To be regarded as similar or equal
      1. To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
      2. To communicate (with someone) by exchanging letters, esp. regularly
      3. To be similar, analogous, or equal (to something)
      1. To do, make, or produce something equal to:
      2. To be equal to, especially in value.
      3. To be equal to; match in value, degree, etc.
      1. To be like (another) or be a counterpart to:
      2. To flip or reveal (coins) as a form of gambling or to decide something contested, the winner being determined by the combination of faces thus exposed
      3. To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond:
      1. (Idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.
      1. To lay hands on; handle; use
      2. To match in quality; equal:
      3. To bring (one thing) into light contact with something else:
      1. To put into a stack
      2. To compare with something; to measure up. (Often used with "against", "among")
      3. (Idiomatic) To put a group of abstract things together.
    See also:

    same

  2. To represent as similar

      1. To explain or liken by analogy
      2. To treat one thing as analogous to another.
      3. To use, or reason by, analogy
      1. To make like or alike; cause to resemble
      2. To absorb and incorporate into one's thinking
      3. (Now Rare) To compare or liken
      1. To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of:
      2. To examine in order to observe or discover similarities or differences
      3. To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken:
      1. To result in:
      2. To treat, regard, or express as equal, equivalent, identical, or closely related
      3. To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent:
      1. To ascertain as having a certain characteristic or feature:
      2. To make identical; consider or treat as the same
      3. To establish or recognize the identity of; ascertain as a certain person or thing:
      1. (Followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
      2. To see, mention, or show as similar; compare.
      1. To find or produce a counterpart to:
      2. To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond:
      3. To compare
    See also:

    same

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Another word for parallel

Modifier

  1. Equidistant at all points

  2. Similar in kind, position, or the like

    See also:

    alike

Noun
  1. See also:

    similarity

Verb
      1. To be equal, similar, suitable, or corresponding to in some way
      2. To find or produce a counterpart to:
      3. To adapt or suit so that a balanced or harmonious result is achieved; cause to correspond:
      1. To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
      2. To communicate (with someone) by exchanging letters, esp. regularly
      3. To be similar, analogous, or equal (to something)
      1. To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation:
      2. To bring (a thing) into mutual relation (with another thing); calculate or show the reciprocal relation between; specif., to bring (one of two related or interdependent quantities, sets of statistics, etc.) into contrast (with the other)
      3. To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics
    See also:

    equal

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Sentence Examples

  • It runs parallel to the river.

  • They walked parallel to an abandoned highway for a couple of hours until they reached the second fed site.

  • The farm of today already has tractors that use GPS to make perfectly parallel rows with great precision.

  • The road ran parallel to the highway, with the Uncompahgre River separating the unpaved road from the main thoroughfare to the east.

  • She trotted until she was parallel to the lights then plunged into the deep snow, forcing her way into the forest.

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