analogous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: a=nal=o=gous

CIDE DICTIONARY

analogous, a. [L. analogous, Gr. according to a due ratio, proportionate; + ratio, proportion. See Logic.].

 Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.  [1913 Webster]
"Analogous tendencies in arts and manners."  [1913 Webster]
"Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death."  [1913 Webster]

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

analogous, adj. (usu. foll. by to) partially similar or parallel; showing analogy.

Derivative

analogously adv.

Etymology

L analogus f. Gk analogos proportionate

THESAURUS

analogous

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

ROGET THESAURUS

analogous

Similarity

N similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, 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, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.