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. Alejandro Cremades:

   Nowadays, startups on average raise, at a seed stage, in the neighborhood of $2 million. The fact that startups will have a limit of $1 million per year will either force them to be under capitalized or conduct another type of offering in parallel to doing a Title 3 to raise the remaining capital from accredited investors, which means more costs from a legal perspective.

2. Jonathan Miller:

   The drive in more leasing activity is parallel in the rise in mortgage rates that has continued to push people into the rental market, not just the unaffordability, but also the uncertainty.

3. Dana Weigel:

   The exposed portion of the old arrays will still be generating power in parallel with the new arrays, but those new Iris arrays have solar cells on them that are more efficient than our original cells, they have a higher energy density and together in combination may generate more power than what our original array, when it was new, did on its own.

4. Raul Andino-Pavlovsky:

   Because of the emergency here, people are going to try many different solutions in parallel.

5. Jeremy Lam:

   My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress, for it to simply be subject to American consumerism and cater to a white audience is parallel to colonial ideology.