parallel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something having the property of being analogous to something else
Types & categories
- similarity hypernym
- echo hyponym
Related & opposite
- parallel derivation
Sense 2 verb
be parallel to
Their roles are paralleled by ours
Types & categories
- tally hypernym
Related & opposite
- analogue derivation
Sense 3 adjective
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
parallel lines never converge
Related & opposite
- comparable also see
- symmetrical also see
- oblique antonym
- perpendicular antonym
- antiparallel similar to
- collateral similar to
- nonconvergent similar to
Sense 4 noun
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- polar circle hyponym
- horse latitude hyponym
- tropic hyponym
Related & opposite
- latitudinal derivation
Sense 5 verb
make or place parallel to something
They paralleled the ditch to the highway
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
parallel processing
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
- synchronic similar to
Sense 7 noun
(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
parallels never meet
Types & categories
- figure hypernym
Related & opposite
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 8 verb
duplicate or match
The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
Types & categories
- tally hypernym
Related & opposite
- counterpart derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parallel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | similarity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | echo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | analogue |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tally |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | comparable |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | symmetrical |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | oblique |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | perpendicular |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | antiparallel |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | collateral |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonconvergent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | latitudinal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | polar circle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | horse latitude |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tropic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | synchronic |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | figure |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterpart |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | tally |