Synonyms:
parallel
Meaning: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
analogue, analog, parallel
Meaning: something having the property of being analogous to something else
Synonyms:
latitude, line_of_latitude, parallel_of_latitude, parallel
Meaning: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
parallel
Meaning: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
Synonyms:
parallel, collimate
Meaning: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
Usage examples
Now let us keep to this parallel.
We are just about on the 89th parallel.
In some respects it is without a parallel.
Yet where do you find a parallel for this state of affairs?
Parallel to these are deep, hot and for the most part waterless valleys.
Down a side street we raced, and along a parallel avenue toward the tunnel.
Even the mode of decorating their palaces and temples finds a parallel in the Old World.
Now the open water runs parallel to our ship road and only a few hundred yards south of it.
They walked in parallel lines, one on each bank of the stream, towards the small plank bridge.
These were placed about five feet apart and parallel, and then firmly secured by bamboo joists.