What are some opposite words for parallel?
Antonyms for parallel
ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləlpar·al·lel
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term parallel.
Wiktionary
parallelnoun
Antonyms:
skew, perpendicular, serialparallelnoun
Equally distant from one another at all points.
The road runs parallel with the canal.
Antonyms:
perpendicular, serial, skewparallelverb
Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with to.
The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
Antonyms:
skew, serial, perpendicularparallelverb
An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel
Antonyms:
serial, skew, perpendicularparalleladjective
Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time
a parallel algorithm
Antonyms:
perpendicular, skew, serial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
parallel
Antonyms:
different, opposed, incongruous, irrelative, unanalogous, divergent, contrariantSynonyms:
correspondent, congruous, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant
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Princeton's WordNet
analogue, analog, parallelnoun
something having the property of being analogous to something else
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-corneredSynonyms:
analogue, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, analog, latitudelatitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallelnoun
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
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, normalSynonyms:
analogue, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, analog, latitudeparalleladjective
(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
"parallels never meet"
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-corneredSynonyms:
analogue, parallel of latitude, line of latitude, analog, latitudeparalleladjective
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, obliqueparallelverb
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, rectangularparallelverb
be parallel to
"Their roles are paralleled by ours"
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-cornerparallel, collimateverb
make or place parallel to something
"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
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, asynchronoustwin, duplicate, parallelverb
duplicate or match
"The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
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-corneredSynonyms:
pair, twin, collimate, reduplicate, double, duplicate, repeat, couple, replicate, match, mate
How to use parallel in a sentence?
If two lines are truly parallel, it means they'll never actually meet.
The risk is that the parallel rate will depreciate even more, giving the marketers a pretext for yet further price increases at the pump.
Political Islam's parallel societies and radicalizing tendencies have no place in our country.
Yesterday we had a long meeting and he at no point established this link. These things are not linked. This negotiation is happening in parallel.
I think they're doing this to themselves, these big tech companies, they are creating a parallel economy right under their noses, in a similar way the news ecosystem bifurcated in the 90s with the advent of Fox News.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#234 | right | |
#421 | different | |
#1458 | normal | |
#2939 | serial | |
#3940 | parallel | |
#6114 | opposed | |
#6805 | bias | |
#11538 | oblique | |
#12404 | rectangular | |
#14137 | diagonal | |
#16726 | asynchronous | |
#21714 | sideways | |
#21879 | perpendicular | |
#22412 | orthogonal | |
#28874 | skew | |
#29182 | divergent | |
#69630 | incongruous |
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