Noun

• S: (n) analogue, analog, parallel (something having the property of being analogous to something else)
• S: (n) latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel (an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) polar circle (a line of latitude at the north or south poles)
• S: (n) horse latitude (either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds)
• S: (n) tropic (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) parallel ((mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)) "parallels never meet"

Verb

• S: (v) parallel (be parallel to) "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
• S: (v) parallel, collimate (make or place parallel to something) "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
• S: (v) twin, duplicate, parallel (duplicate or match) "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

Adjective

• S: (adj) parallel (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting) "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
• S: (adj) parallel (of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations) "parallel processing"