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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parallel |
| Synonyms: | analog, cognate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, equivalent, match, similarity |
| Notes: | analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared |
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| Main Entry: | counterpart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | match; identical part or thing |
| Synonyms: | analogue, carbon copy, complement, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent, dead ringer, ditto*, doppelganger, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, look alike, mate, obverse, opposite, opposite number, peas in a pod, pendant, ringer, spit and image, spitting image, supplement, tally, twin, two of a kind |
| Antonyms: | opposite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, analogue, carbon, carbon copy, chip off the old block, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro, ringer, second, similarity, spitting image, stat, twin |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
| Antonyms: | archetype, model, original, prototype |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
| Synonyms: | adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterpart, equal |
| Synonyms: | adversary, analogue, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, countertype, dead ringer, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, lookalike, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, ringer, rival, spitting image, twin |
| Antonyms: | clash, difference, imbalance |
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complement, correlation |
| Synonyms: | analogue, analogy, comparison, corollary, correlate, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, countertype, double, duplicate, duplication, equal, equivalent, homologue, kin*, likeness, match, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, twin |
| Antonyms: | difference, divergence, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | congener |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parallel |
| Synonyms: | analog, analogue, cogener, congenator, correspondent, counterpart, match, relative |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION; RELATIONS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
reciprocalness; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality, correlation, interdependence, connection, link, association; interchange; exchange, barter.
-verbs
reciprocate, alternate; interchange; exchange; counterchange.
-adjectives
reciprocal, mutual, commutual, correlative; alternate; interchangeable; international; complemental, complementary.
-adverbs
mutatis mutandis; vice versa; each other, one another; by turns; reciprocally.
-phrases
"happy in our mutual help" [Milton].
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