Synonyms for analogous
əˈnæl ə gəsanal·o·gous

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1. analogousadjective

   Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;often followed by to.

   Synonyms:
   parallel, like, similar, comparable, correspondent

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1. analogous

   Alike is a comprehensive word, signifying as applied to two or more objects that some or all qualities of one are the same as those of the other or others; by modifiers alike may be made to express more or less resemblance; as, these houses are somewhat (i. e., partially) alike; or, these houses are exactly (i. e., in all respects) alike. Cotton and wool are alike in this, that they can both be woven into cloth. Substances are homogeneous which are made up of elements of the same kind, or which are the same in structure. Two pieces of iron may be homogeneous in material, while not alike in size or shape. In geometry, two triangles are equal when they can be laid over one another, and fit, line for line and angle for angle; they are equivalent when they simply contain the same amount of space. An identical proposition is one that says the same thing precisely in subject and predicate. Similar refers to close resemblance, which yet leaves room for question or denial of complete likeness or identity. To say "this is the identical man," is to say not merely that he is similar to the one I have in mind, but that he is the very same person. Things are analogous when they are similar in idea, plan, use, or character, tho perhaps quite unlike in appearance; as, the gills of fishes are said to be analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.

   Synonyms:
   akin, alike, equal, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, kindred, like, resembling, same, similar, uniform

   Antonyms:
   different, dissimilar, distinct, heterogeneous, unlike

   Preposition:
   The specimens are alike in kind; they are all alike to me.

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1. analogous, correspondentadjective

   similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

   "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"

   Synonyms:
   correspondent

   Antonyms:
   homologic, homologous, heterologic, heterological, heterologous, homological, dissimilar

2. analogousadjective

   corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin

   "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"

   Synonyms:
   correspondent

   Antonyms:
   homologic, homological, heterologous, heterological, homologous, heterologic, dissimilar

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1. analogousadjective

   Synonyms:
   similar (in relations or uses), resembling, alike, like, cognate, parallel, corresponding, allied, of a piece

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1. List of paraphrases for "analogous":

   similar, analogue, analog, comparable

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How to use analogous in a sentence?

1. Alfred North Whitehead:

   I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.

2. Tom Whitmeyer:

   We're really, really supersensitive to cryogenic launch vehicles that are the size and capability, that are very analogous to ballistic-type capabilities that other countries are very interested in, and what they're specifically looking for is timing sequence flow rates, temperatures, anything that would help them or other folks to potentially be used to help other people do similar things.

3. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk:

   There will be an analogous Ukrainian decision to launch an embargo against Russia to every Russian decision to launch an embargo against Ukraine.

4. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Feinstein:

   I was appalled as anyone by the tanks at [Tiananmen] Square, but three tanks of this government went into Waco, (Texas) and killed 29 children, they weren’t criminals. Most of the people in Waco had no criminal record. Now those are not analogous; they are different situations. It was wrong of our government, and it was wrong of the Chinese government.

5. Nan Hao:

   To understand how cells make these decisions, Read MoreScientists identified the molecular processes underlying each aging route and the connections among them, revealing a molecular circuit that controls cell aging, analogous to electric circuits that control home appliances.