Synonyms for parallel
ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləlpar·al·lel

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1. parallelnoun

   Antonyms:
   skew, perpendicular, serial

2. parallelnoun

   Equally distant from one another at all points.

   The road runs parallel with the canal.

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, serial, skew

3. parallelverb

   Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with to.

   The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.

   Antonyms:
   skew, serial, perpendicular

4. parallelverb

   An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel

   Antonyms:
   serial, skew, perpendicular

5. paralleladjective

   Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time

   a parallel algorithm

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, skew, serial

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1. parallel

   Synonyms:
   correspondent, congruous, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant

   Antonyms:
   different, opposed, incongruous, irrelative, unanalogous, divergent, contrariant

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1. analogue, analog, parallelnoun

   something having the property of being analogous to something else

   Synonyms:
   analogue, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, analog, latitude

   Antonyms:
   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-cornered

2. latitude, 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, latitude

   Antonyms:
   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, normal

3. paralleladjective

   (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, latitude

   Antonyms:
   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-cornered

4. paralleladjective

   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, oblique

5. parallelverb

   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, rectangular

6. parallelverb

   be parallel to

   "Their roles are paralleled by ours"

   Synonyms:
   duplicate, twin, collimate

   Antonyms:
   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-corner

7. parallel, collimateverb

   make or place parallel to something

   "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

   Synonyms:
   duplicate, twin, collimate

   Antonyms:
   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, asynchronous

8. twin, 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, mate

   Antonyms:
   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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1. paralleladjective

   Synonyms:
   equidistant throughout (as lines)

2. paralleladjective

   Synonyms:
   in conformity, in harmony, in accordance

3. paralleladjective

   Synonyms:
   like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, of a piece

4. parallelnoun

   Synonyms:
   parallel line

5. parallelnoun

   Synonyms:
   resemblance, similarity, likeness

6. parallelnoun

   Synonyms:
   comparison

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1. paralleladjective

   Synonyms:
   like, similar, equal, analogous

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1. 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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1. Paddy Spence:

   In terms of big picture, we think the parallel is to look at craft beer. Eleven percent of the beer market is independent, vs. 1 percent of soda, we could be the Sam Adams of soda, that $1 billion brand that changes the way people think.

2. Tirana Hassan:

   The UAE, operating in shadowy conditions in southern Yemen, appears to have created a parallel security structure outside the law, where egregious violations continue to go unchecked, ultimately these violations, which are taking place in the context of Yemen's armed conflict, should be investigated as war crimes.

3. George Church:

   In parallel with getting rid of the viruses, we have been making the pig organs so that they will not be rejected by the human recipient, the next stage will be combining these and doing clinical trials.

4. Nelson Merentes:

   We hope within a month to constitute the company, and in parallel we are seeking the loan, i can't say for sure if it will be in a month, in two months. But it will definitely be this year. We are moving quickly.

5. Ankit Panda:

   A robust Saudi missile program would introduce new challenges to constraining other missile programs in the region. To take just one example, Iran's missiles, which are a major concern to the U.S., would be more difficult to constrain in the future without parallel constraints on a growing Saudi program.