PARALLEL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • something having the property of being analogous to something else
   Synonym(s)
   • analog (what does analog mean?)
   • analogue (what does analogue mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) parallel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • similarity (what does similarity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • parallel (what does parallel mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
   Synonym(s)
   • latitude (what does latitude mean?)
   • line of latitude (what does line of latitude mean?)
   • parallel of latitude (what does parallel of latitude mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) parallel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • line (what does line mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • polar circle (what does polar circle mean?)
   • horse latitude (what does horse latitude mean?)
   • tropic (what does tropic mean?)

PARALLEL as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make or place parallel to something
   Synonym(s)
   • collimate (what does collimate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • They paralleled the ditch to the highway
   Hypernyms(s) parallel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
2. Meaning
   • be parallel to
   Usage Example(s)
   • Their roles are paralleled by ours
   Hypernyms(s) parallel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • match (what does match mean?)
   • fit (what does fit mean?)
   • correspond (what does correspond mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • jibe (what does jibe mean?)
   • gibe (what does gibe mean?)
   • tally (what does tally mean?)
   • agree (what does agree mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • analogue (what does analogue mean?)
   • analog (what does analog mean?)
   • parallel (what does parallel mean?)
3. Meaning
   • duplicate or match
   Synonym(s)
   • duplicate (what does duplicate mean?)
   • twin (what does twin mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
   Hypernyms(s) parallel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • match (what does match mean?)
   • fit (what does fit mean?)
   • correspond (what does correspond mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • jibe (what does jibe mean?)
   • gibe (what does gibe mean?)
   • tally (what does tally mean?)
   • agree (what does agree mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • counterpart (what does counterpart mean?)
   • similitude (what does similitude mean?)
   • twin (what does twin mean?)

PARALLEL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
   Usage Example(s)
   • parallel lines never converge
   • concentric circles are parallel
   • dancers in two parallel rows
   Antonym(s)
   • perpendicular (what does perpendicular mean?)
   • oblique (what does oblique mean?)
   Similar To
   • antiparallel (what does antiparallel mean?)
   • collateral (what does collateral mean?)
   • nonconvergent (what does nonconvergent mean?)
   • nonintersecting (what does nonintersecting mean?)
   See Also
   • comparable (what does comparable mean?)
   • symmetrical (what does symmetrical mean?)
   • symmetric (what does symmetric mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
   Usage Example(s)
   • parallel processing
   Similar To
   • synchronous (what does synchronous mean?)
   • synchronal (what does synchronal mean?)
   • synchronic (what does synchronic mean?)