analogous as an adjective: - 1
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analogous
adjective
1 analogous
Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar:
— Brains and computers are often considered analogous.
— Salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar.
synonym: correspondent.
Roget 17:
similar;
resembling
etc.
v.;
like,
alike;
twin.
analogous,
analogical;
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.];
such as,
so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to;
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like;
a show of;
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494;
lifelike,
faithful;
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of;
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.];
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare;
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
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Polish: analogiczny
2 analogous
Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin.
Moby thesaurus: akin, aligned, alike, analogical, answering, coequal, coextending, coextensive, collatable, collateral, commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, complemental, complementary, concurrent, consonant, convertible, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equidistant, equipollent, equispaced, equivalent, even, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, lined up, matchable, matching, much at one, nonconvergent, nondivergent, of a kind, of a piece, of a size, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, reciprocal, reciprocative, relative, similar, tantamount, twin, undifferentiated, uniform ... show more.
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