parallel

/pˈɛɹəlˌɛl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else
2. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
3. (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
   “parallels never meet”

verb

1. be parallel to
   “Their roles are paralleled by ours”
2. make or place parallel to something
   “They paralleled the ditch to the highway”
3. duplicate or match
   “The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”

adjective

1. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
   “parallel lines never converge”
2. of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
   “parallel processing”

Synonyms for parallel

• analogue
• analog
• latitude
• line of latitude
• parallel of latitude
• collimate
• twin
• duplicate
• antiparallel
• collateral
• nonconvergent
• synchronous

Antonyms of parallel

• perpendicular
• oblique

Words that rhyme with parallel

• well
• shell
• bell
• swell
• smell
• spell
• sell
• tell
• cell
• fell
• l
• dwell
• gel
• hell
• repel
• expel
• yell
• bluebell
• bombshell
• foretell
• knell
• pastel
• retell
• carousel
• carrousel
• clamshell
• compel
• dispel
• dumbbell
• el