All parallel synonyms
parΒ·alΒ·lel
P p verb parallel
- echo β a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- compare β When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
- correspond β If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond.
- democratize β If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- bracketed β a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- fit β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- homogenise β to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenised β to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenized β Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
- liken β to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel.
- homologized β Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
- go hand in hand β belong together
- bracketing β a set of brackets
adjective parallel
- fellow β a man or boy: a fine old fellow; a nice little fellow.
- completory β serving the purpose of completing
- approximative β (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something.
- correspondent β A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
- even β Flat and smooth.
- alongside β If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- congenerous β Having the same (kind of) origin or action.
adj parallel
- copier β A copier is a machine which makes exact copies of writing or pictures on paper, usually by a photographic process.
- flat back β a book spine presenting a completely flat surface.
- related β associated; connected.
- akin β If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
- horizontal β at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- consonant β A consonant is a sound such as 'p', 'f', 'n', or 't' which you pronounce by stopping the air flowing freely through your mouth. Compare vowel.
- commutual β mutual
- flat on one's back β lying supine
- adjunctive β that constitutes an adjunct
- uniform β identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- concentric β Concentric circles or rings have the same centre.
- invariant β unvarying; invariable; constant.
- confirmatory β confirming or tending to confirm
noun parallel
- analogue β If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- co-equals β equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- echoism β onomatopoeia.
- cogener β a congener
- asyndeton β the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- countertype β an opposite type
- comparison β When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- interchangeableness β Quality of being interchangeable.
- anaphora β the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- figure of speech β any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
- antistrophe β the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- exchangeability β The condition of being exchangeable.
- litotes β understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in βnot bad at all.β.
- copy β If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
adverb parallel
- deadlocked β If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
adv parallel
- likeminded β having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.