'analogous' definitions:
Definition of 'analogous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent]
adjective
Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous" [ant: heterologic, heterological, heterologous, homologous]
Synonyms of 'analogous'
From: 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