The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
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Parallel
/ˈpar(ə)ləl/
Synonyms for "parallel" (494 found)
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Closest matches (99)
abriaccessoryaccompanyingaccordadmit of comparisonaeronautical chartaffiliateaffiliatedagnateagreeagree withakinalignalignedalikealliedallyalter egoamount toanalogical
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analogizeanalogonanalogousanalogueanalogyansweranswer toantarctic zoneapeappear likeapplyapproachapproach trenchapproximatearctic circlearctic zoneassentassimilateassociateassociatedassort withastronomical chartatlasattendantattendingazimuthal equidistant projectionazimuthal projectionbalancebe commensurablebe comparablebe consistentbe likebe of onebe parallelbe redolent ofbe uniform withbearbear resemblancebindboundbracketbracketedbreak evenbring into analogybring into comparisonbring to mindbrotherbunkercall to mindcall upcartographercartographycelestial chartcelestial globechartcheckchimechip off the old blockchorographerchorographyclimateclimatic chartclimeclose copyclose matchcoequalcoequalitycoextend
Adjective(2 words)
accordinganalog records
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (148)
coextendingcoextensivecognatecoherecoincidecoincidentcollatablecollateralcollimatecollocatecombinedcome closecome nearcome tocome up tocommensurablecommensuratecommunication trenchcompanioncomparable
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comparativecomparecompare and contrastcompare tocompare withcompeercomplementconcomitantconcurconcurrentconformconform toconform withconfrontcongenatorcongenercongruentconic projectionconjointconjugateconnectconnectedconsist withconsonantcontemporaneouscontemporarycontour linecontour mapcontrastcooperatecoordinatecopycorrelatecorrelatedcorrelationcorrelativecorrespondcorrespond tocorrespond withcorrespondencecorrespondentcorrespondingcounterbalancecounterfeitcounterminecounterpartcounterposecouplecoupledcoupurecylindrical projectionditchdittodoubledouble sapdovetaildrawdraw a comparisondraw a paralleldugoutduplicateduplicationechoentrenchmentequalequalityequateequatorequidistantequipoiseequipollentequiponderanceequispacedequivalenceequivalenteveneven offeven upevokefall in togetherfavorfellowfire trenchfit togetherflying sapfollowfortified tunnelfossefoxholefrigid zonesgallerygeneral reference mapglobegnomonic projectiongo alongsidego besidego togethergo withgraphic scalegrid linehachurehang togetherharmonizeheliographic charthithold togetherhomologoushomologuehorse latitudes
Verb(6 words)
Adjective(3 words)
concurrent capacitycontemporary societydifferentiated plan
Noun(10 words)
correspondcorrespondingcounterpartdovetailingechoingequal slope pointequallingequalsequidistantequidistant line
Related words (247)
hydrographic chartidentifyimageimitateimplicatedin proportionindexinterlinkedinterlockinterlockedinterrelateinterrelatedintersectinvolvedisolineiteratejibejoinedjointkeep pace with
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kindredkindred spiritkinshipknotknottedlambert conformal projectionlatitudelayer tintlegendlikelikenliken tolikenessline uplined uplinklinkedlocklongitudelongitude in arclook likemapmap makermap projectionmappermarchmatchmatch up withmatchablematchingmatemeasuremeasure againstmeasure up tomercator projectionmeridianmetaphorizemiller projectionmimicminemirrormoatmuch at onemutatis mutandismutualnearnear duplicatenearly reproducenonconvergentnondivergentnot compare withnot tell apartobverseof a kindof a pieceof a sizeof that ilkof that kindoffsetopposeopposite numberoverlappairedparagonparallel barparallel fileparallel lineparallelepipedparallelepipedalparallelerparallelinervateparallelingparallelismparallelizeparallelodromeparallelogramparallelogrammaticparallelogrammicparallelotropicpari passuparitypartake ofpeerpendantphotogrammetristphotogrammetryphotomapphototopographyphysical mappictureplace againstpolitical mappolyconic projectionprime meridianprojectionproportionproportionalproportionatereachreciprocalregisterregister withreiteraterelaterelatedrelationshiprelativerelativizerelief mapremind one ofrepeatrepresentative fractionresemblanceresemblerespond torivalroad maproaring fortiesrun a comparisonrun abreastrun parallelrun tosapsavor ofscalesecond selfseemseem likeset in contrastset in oppositionset offset off againstset over againstsimilarsimilaritysimilitudesimilizesimulacrumsimulatesimultaneoussing in chorussinusoidal projectionsisterslit trenchsmack ofsort withsoul matesound likespecial mapsplicedsquaresquare withstack upstack up withstand togethersubtropicssuchsuchlikesuggestsymmetrytake aftertallyterrain mapterrestrial globethe like ofthe likes ofthe linethematic maptietiedtopographertopographic charttopographytorrid zonetouchtransportation maptrenchtropictropic of cancertropic of capricorntropicstunneltwintwinnedundifferentiateduniformvariable zonesvievie withview togetherweather chartweather mapwedweddedweighweigh againstyokedzone
Noun(21 words)
is equal tolatitudelatitude circlelatitude linelevelline of latitudeline upmatchmirrormirror datamirror progressmirrorsmultiprocessingmultitaskingoverlappingparallel lineparallel of latitudeparallellingresemblerun alongside
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Verb(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
tandem exchange
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27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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15 entriesCollocations
13 entriescultural paralleldraw a parallelgeometric parallelliterary parallelparallel barsparallel curriculumparallel curvesparallel linesparallel parkingparallel planesparallel processingparallel toparallel universe
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
10 entriesSample sentences
37 total sentences available.
It has no parallel.
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The road is parallel to the river.
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The river runs parallel to the main street.
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