Parallel

//ˈpar(ə)ləl//

Synonyms for "parallel" (451 found)

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Verb(1 words)

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191 translations across 52 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παράλληλος adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • παράλληλος adj (having the same overall direction)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُتَوَازٍ adj (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding)
  • مُوَازٍ adj (having the same overall direction)

Armenian

4 entries
  • զուգահեռ adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • զուգահեռ adj (having the same overall direction)
  • զուգահեռ noun (one of a set of parallel lines)
  • զուգահեռական noun (line of latitude)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • müvazi adj (having the same overall direction)
  • parallell adj (having the same overall direction)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • парале́льны adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • парале́лен adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • паралелен adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • успореден adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • успоредно adv (with a parallel relationship)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပြိုင် adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Catalan

2 entries
  • paral·lel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paral·lel adj (having the same overall direction)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 平行的 adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • 平行線 /平行线 noun (one of a set of parallel lines)
  • 緯圈 /纬圈 noun (line of latitude)
  • 緯綫 /纬线 noun (line of latitude)

Czech

4 entries
  • paralelní adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralelní adj (having the same overall direction)
  • paralelní adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • rovnoběžný adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Danish

2 entries
  • parallel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallel adj (having the same overall direction)

Dutch

4 entries
  • evenwijdig adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • evenwijdig met/aan adj (having the same overall direction)
  • parallel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallel met adj (having the same overall direction)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • paralela adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralelo noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Estonian

2 entries
  • rööpne adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • rööpne adj (having the same overall direction)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rinnakkainen adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • rinnakkainen (jonkin kanssa) adj (having the same overall direction)
  • samansuuntainen adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • samansuuntainen adj (having the same overall direction)

French

4 entries
  • parallèle adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallèle à adj (having the same overall direction)
  • parallèlement adv (with a parallel relationship)
  • parallèle noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Galician

2 entries
  • paralelo adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralelo adj (having the same overall direction)

German

4 entries
  • parallel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallel zu adj (having the same overall direction)
  • parallel adv (with a parallel relationship)
  • Breitengrad noun (line of latitude)

Greek

4 entries
  • παράλληλος adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • παράλληλος adj (having the same overall direction)
  • παράλληλος adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • παράλληλα adv (with a parallel relationship)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מקביל adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • מקביל adj (having the same overall direction)
  • מקביל noun (one of a set of parallel lines)
  • קבלה noun (elaborate tracing of one or more similarities)

Hindi

1 entries
  • समानान्तर adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • párhuzamos adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • párhuzamos adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • párhuzamosan adv (with a parallel relationship)
  • párhuzam noun (something identical or similar in essential respects)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • samhliða adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • paralel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralel adj (having the same overall direction)

Irish

4 entries
  • comhthreomhar adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • comhthreomhar adj (having the same overall direction)
  • comhthreomhar adj (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding)
  • comhuaineach adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)

Italian

4 entries
  • parallelo adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallelamente adv (with a parallel relationship)
  • omologo noun (something identical or similar in essential respects)
  • parallelo noun (line of latitude)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 平行の adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • 並列 noun (one of a set of parallel lines)
  • 緯線 noun (line of latitude)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • қатар adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • параллель noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ស្រប adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Korean

4 entries
  • 평행의 adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • 갋다 verb (to construct or place something parallel to something else)
  • 견주다 verb (to compare or liken something to something else)
  • 나란하다 verb (of a path etc: to be parallel to something else)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • паралелен adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • паралелно adv (with a parallel relationship)

Malay

2 entries
  • selari adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • selari adj (having the same overall direction)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakarara adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • whakarara noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ałhąąh ʼídzoh adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • parallell adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallell adj (having the same overall direction)
  • parallell adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • parallelt adv (with a parallel relationship)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • breddegrad noun (line of latitude)
  • breddegradssirkel noun (line of latitude)
  • breddesirkel noun (line of latitude)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • breiddegrad noun (line of latitude)
  • breidegradssirkel noun (line of latitude)

Persian

3 entries
  • موازی adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • همراستا adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • همراستا adj (having the same overall direction)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Änlichkjeit noun (something identical or similar in essential respects)

Polish

3 entries
  • równoległy adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • równolegle adv (with a parallel relationship)
  • równoleżnik noun (line of latitude)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • paralelo adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralelo adj (having the same overall direction)
  • paralelo adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • paralelamente adv (with a parallel relationship)

Romanian

4 entries
  • paralel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralel adj (having the same overall direction)
  • paralel adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • paralelă noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Russian

4 entries
  • паралле́льный adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • паралле́льный adj (having the same overall direction)
  • паралле́льный adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • паралле́льно adv (with a parallel relationship)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • मञ्जरी adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzporeden adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Spanish

4 entries
  • paralelo adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralelo adj (having the same overall direction)
  • paralelo adj (computing: processing multiple tasks at the same time)
  • paralelo noun (line of latitude)

Swedish

3 entries
  • parallell adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • parallell adj (having the same overall direction)
  • liknas vid verb (of a process etc: to be analogous to something else)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • agapay adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • agapay adj (having the same overall direction)

Thai

1 entries
  • ขนาน adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Turkish

3 entries
  • koşut adj (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines: either not intersecting, or coinciding)
  • paralel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralel adj (having the same overall direction)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • парале́льний adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • рівнолежний adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • рівнолежний adj (having the same overall direction)
  • парале́ль noun (one of a set of parallel lines)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cyflin adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • cyfred adj (equally distant from one another at all points)
  • paralel adj (equally distant from one another at all points)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.