parallel

adjective

1 parallel lines:

side by side, aligned, collateral, equidistant.

2 problems parallel to those we discussed earlier:

similar, analogous, comparable, corresponding, like, resembling, much the same, of a kind, akin, related, kindred, equivalent, correspondent, homologous, analogical, cognate, coequal, matching, duplicate.

3 a parallel universe:

coexisting, coexistent, concurrent;

contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous.

▷antonyms different, dissimilar, divergent.

noun

1 it is difficult to find an exact parallel:

counterpart, analogue, equivalent, likeness, correspondent, match, twin, duplicate, equal, coequal, mirror;

rare homologue.

2 there is an interesting parallel between these figures and those of 1994:

similarity, likeness, resemblance, analogy, correspondence, equivalence, correlation;

comparison, relation, symmetry, parity, parallelism, similitude, coequality.

verb

1 his experiences parallel mine in many ways:

resemble, be similar to, be like, bear a resemblance to;

correspond to, be analogous to, be comparable/equivalent to, compare with, equate with/to, correlate with, imitate, echo, remind one of, duplicate, mirror, repeat, recreate, follow, match, be in harmony with, chime (in) with;

coincide with, keep pace with.

2 her performance has never been paralleled:

equal, match, rival, emulate, touch.

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