Parallel Synonyms and Antonyms

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Lying in the same plane and not intersecting
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. collateral
Equidistant at all points
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. analogous
  2. like
  3. similar
  4. side-by-side
  5. never meeting
  6. alike
  7. running parallel
  8. co-ordinate
  9. comparable
  10. coextending
  11. collateral
  12. corresponding
  13. companion
  14. lateral
  15. equivalent
  16. concurrent
  17. laterally
  18. correlative
  19. in the same direction
  20. correspondent
  21. extending equally
  22. equal
  23. uniform
  24. equidistant
Antonyms:
  1. crooked
  2. perpendicular
  3. skewed
  4. zigzag
  5. separate
  6. oblique
Similar in kind, position, or the like
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. identical
  2. equal
  3. conforming
Antonyms:
  1. different
  2. dissimilar
  3. divergent
To be equal or alike
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. equal
  2. correspond
  3. match
  4. compare
  5. abreast
  6. agree
  7. alike
  8. alongside
  9. analog
  10. collimate
  11. twin
  12. analogue
  13. collateral
  14. measure up
  15. correlation
  16. counterpart
  17. touch
  18. correlate
  19. equate
  20. equivalent
  21. stack up
  22. even
  23. like
  24. relation
  25. similar
  26. duplicate
Antonyms:
  1. differ
  2. diverge
  3. distort
  4. skew
  5. separate
To represent as similar
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. analogize
  2. assimilate
  3. compare
  4. equate
  5. identify
  6. liken
  7. match

Words Related to Parallel

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Parallel 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 parallel, yellow lines in the center of this stretch of road seemed to go on forever.

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

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