All parallel synonyms
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P p verb parallel
- mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- make like — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- equal — Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- go with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mimeo — A mimeograph.
- quadrate — square or rectangular.
- bring to mind — recall
- neared — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- equalise — (UK) Alternative form of equalize.
- correlate — If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate.
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
noun parallel
- adequation — Equivalence.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- congener — a member of a class, group, or other category, esp any animal of a specified genus
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- interchangeability — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- correlation — A correlation between things is a connection or link between them.
- ectype — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
adj parallel
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
- congeneric — belonging to the same group, esp (of animals or plants) belonging to the same genus
- implied — involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment.
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- in proportion — balanced
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- concurrent — Concurrent events or situations happen at the same time.
- similar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- correlative — If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it.
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
adv parallel
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
adjective parallel
- coincident — Coincident events happen at the same time.
- wordless — speechless, silent, or mute.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.