What is another word for parallel?
Synonyms for parallel
ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləlpar·al·lel
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Wiktionary
parallelnoun
Antonyms:
skew, perpendicular, serialparallelnoun
Equally distant from one another at all points.
The road runs parallel with the canal.
Antonyms:
perpendicular, serial, skewparallelverb
Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with to.
The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
Antonyms:
skew, serial, perpendicularparallelverb
An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel
Antonyms:
serial, skew, perpendicularparalleladjective
Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time
a parallel algorithm
Antonyms:
perpendicular, skew, serial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
parallel
Synonyms:
correspondent, congruous, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistantAntonyms:
different, opposed, incongruous, irrelative, unanalogous, divergent, contrariant
Princeton's WordNet
analogue, analog, parallelnoun
something having the property of being analogous to something else
Synonyms:
analogue, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, analog, latitudeAntonyms:
kitty-cornered, asynchronous, catercorner, diagonal, cater-cornered, oblique-angled, bias, crabwise, nonparallel, normal, sideways, rectangular, right, orthogonal, catty-corner, cata-cornered, kitty-corner, catacorner, perpendicular, oblique, catty-corneredlatitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallelnoun
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Synonyms:
analogue, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, analog, latitudeAntonyms:
perpendicular, cata-cornered, catty-cornered, catercorner, catacorner, asynchronous, crabwise, catty-corner, nonparallel, diagonal, kitty-cornered, rectangular, bias, orthogonal, oblique-angled, cater-cornered, oblique, right, sideways, kitty-corner, normalparalleladjective
(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
"parallels never meet"
Synonyms:
analogue, parallel of latitude, line of latitude, analog, latitudeAntonyms:
normal, asynchronous, perpendicular, right, catty-cornered, cater-cornered, oblique-angled, orthogonal, diagonal, catercorner, cata-cornered, sideways, catty-corner, kitty-corner, nonparallel, oblique, crabwise, rectangular, bias, catacorner, kitty-corneredparalleladjective
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
"parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
Antonyms:
sideways, normal, rectangular, orthogonal, kitty-corner, nonparallel, catty-corner, right, catacorner, catty-cornered, oblique-angled, diagonal, crabwise, kitty-cornered, cater-cornered, asynchronous, catercorner, perpendicular, cata-cornered, bias, obliqueparallelverb
of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
"parallel processing"
Antonyms:
oblique-angled, cater-cornered, cata-cornered, kitty-cornered, catercorner, catacorner, right, crabwise, orthogonal, catty-corner, nonparallel, catty-cornered, bias, normal, asynchronous, perpendicular, oblique, kitty-corner, diagonal, sideways, rectangularparallelverb
be parallel to
"Their roles are paralleled by ours"
Synonyms:
duplicate, twin, collimateAntonyms:
bias, normal, cater-cornered, asynchronous, catacorner, right, nonparallel, oblique, orthogonal, sideways, catty-cornered, catty-corner, crabwise, cata-cornered, rectangular, kitty-cornered, diagonal, catercorner, oblique-angled, perpendicular, kitty-cornerparallel, collimateverb
make or place parallel to something
"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
Synonyms:
duplicate, twin, collimateAntonyms:
perpendicular, diagonal, kitty-cornered, rectangular, kitty-corner, cata-cornered, orthogonal, catty-cornered, catercorner, right, normal, bias, catacorner, cater-cornered, oblique-angled, nonparallel, sideways, oblique, crabwise, catty-corner, asynchronoustwin, duplicate, parallelverb
duplicate or match
"The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
Synonyms:
pair, twin, collimate, reduplicate, double, duplicate, repeat, couple, replicate, match, mateAntonyms:
catty-cornered, asynchronous, catacorner, oblique-angled, catty-corner, normal, oblique, orthogonal, right, cater-cornered, perpendicular, crabwise, kitty-corner, sideways, bias, rectangular, diagonal, cata-cornered, catercorner, nonparallel, kitty-cornered
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
paralleladjective
Synonyms:
equidistant throughout (as lines)paralleladjective
Synonyms:
in conformity, in harmony, in accordanceparalleladjective
Synonyms:
like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, of a pieceparallelnoun
Synonyms:
parallel lineparallelnoun
Synonyms:
resemblance, similarity, likenessparallelnoun
Synonyms:
comparison
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "parallel":
side, parallelism, parallels, side-by-side, conjunction, concurrent, alternative, tandem, shadow, simultaneous, randomness, concomitant, paralleled, informal, concurrently, similar
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#551 | side | |
#661 | similar | |
#1046 | double | |
#1485 | alternative | |
#1536 | match | |
#1883 | couple | |
#2978 | pair | |
#3663 | twin | |
#3940 | parallel | |
#4505 | shadow | |
#4802 | repeat | |
#5167 | analog | |
#6294 | mate | |
#6889 | conjunction | |
#7210 | informal | |
#7685 | latitude | |
#8765 | duplicate | |
#10633 | concurrent | |
#11933 | simultaneous | |
#11971 | correspondent | |
#14826 | analogue | |
#15630 | tandem | |
#18611 | analogous | |
#20421 | concurrently | |
#20502 | replicate | |
#23602 | parallels | |
#30605 | randomness | |
#32604 | concomitant | |
#32783 | parallelism | |
#62143 | paralleled | |
#76993 | correlative | |
#77032 | equidistant | |
#282556 | congruous |
How to use parallel in a sentence?
I don't know that she testified that much differently today than the previous times she's testified, their problem is they were so focused on justifying their existence and proving that they had something new, that they fabricated this whole parallel universe where Sid Blumenthal was the central figure in Benghazi.
It's parallel to physical activity, engaging in a mindfulness practice is strengthening specific aspects of attention so that if we need them, we have access to that.
The parallelism between what the Donald Trump campaign was doing and saying and what the Russians were doing and saying was remarkably parallel, particularly when it came to attacks on Hillary Clinton, all Hillary Clinton alleged physical and mental maladies, and there was almost an echo chamber between the two.
The establishment of peaceful relations between the countries, increased security assurances to North Korea and its people, and finally, denuclearization, each of those needs to be conducted in parallel … and we need to work on those efforts simultaneously.
Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa:
We need to work in parallel on an agenda to rebalance our economy and measures to resume growth using the fiscal space that is available, without raising our fiscal costs.
Translations for parallel
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- موازيArabic
- paral·lelCatalan, Valencian
- rovnoběžka, rovnoběžný, paralélníCzech
- parallelDanish
- Breitenkreis, parallel, Parallele, zu, BreitengradGerman
- παράλληλος, παράλληλα, παραλληλίζωGreek
- paralelo, paralelaEsperanto
- paraleloSpanish
- rööpneEstonian
- موازیPersian
- samansuuntainen, yhdensuuntainen, suuntaisesti, rinnakkainen, rinnastaa, suuntainen, leveyspiiri, samansuuntaisestiFinnish
- parallèlement, à, parallèleFrench
- מקביל, קו רוחב, מקבילים, השווה, הִקְבִּילHebrew
- समानान्तरHindi
- szélességi fok, párhuzamos, szélességi kör, párhuzamos vonalHungarian
- զուգահեռական, զուգահեռArmenian
- paralelIndonesian
- samhliðaIcelandic
- parallelamente, paralleloItalian
- 並列, 平行, 緯線Japanese
- 견주다, 평행의, 나란하다, 갋다Korean
- parallelaLatin
- whakararaMāori
- breddegrad, breddegradssirkelNorwegian
- parallel, evenwijdig, breedtegraad, met, evenwijdigeDutch
- breiddegrad, breidegradssirkelNorwegian Nynorsk
- parallelt, parallellNorwegian
- równoleżnik, równolegle, równoległyPolish
- paralelamente, paraleloPortuguese
- paralelRomanian
- паралле́льно, параллель, паралле́льныйRussian
- parallell, liknas vidSwedish
- paralelTurkish
- паралельніUkrainian
- song song, tương đôngVietnamese
- 平行线Chinese
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