What are some opposite words for parallel?

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

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. parallel

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

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

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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-cornered

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

  2. latitude, 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, normal

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

  3. paralleladjective

    (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-cornered

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

  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"

    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

    Synonyms:
    duplicate, twin, collimate

  7. parallel, 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, asynchronous

    Synonyms:
    duplicate, twin, collimate

  8. twin, 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-cornered

    Synonyms:
    pair, twin, collimate, reduplicate, double, duplicate, repeat, couple, replicate, match, mate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. paralleladjective

    Synonyms:
    like, similar, equal, analogous

How to use parallel in a sentence?

  1. John Koenig:

    If two lines are truly parallel, it means they'll never actually meet.

  2. Alan Cameron:

    The risk is that the parallel rate will depreciate even more, giving the marketers a pretext for yet further price increases at the pump.

  3. Sebastian Kurz:

    Political Islam's parallel societies and radicalizing tendencies have no place in our country.

  4. Marco Tulio:

    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.

  5. Dan Bongino:

    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.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#234right
#421different
#1458normal
#2939serial
#3940parallel
#6114opposed
#6805bias
#11538oblique
#12404rectangular
#14137diagonal
#16726asynchronous
#21714sideways
#21879perpendicular
#22412orthogonal
#28874skew
#29182divergent
#69630incongruous

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