analogous

UK /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/ US /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)

Analogous tendencies in arts and in manners.

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death.

Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

ADV

closely

directly, exactly

broadly, roughly

The structure of their new company is broadly analogous to how their previous business operated.

PREP

Learning a new language is analogous to building a house brick by brick.

with

The structure of a beehive is analogous with the design of modern apartment buildings.

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Synonyms

adjective — similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise diss

correspondent

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Analogous tendencies in arts and in manners.

Wiktionary

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death.

Wiktionary

Accustomed as we are to working in small, “bounded” rural communities, anthropologists are often disconcerted by the amorphous and heterogeneous populations of large cities. How are the boundaries of

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Your situation is analogous to mine.

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The human heart is analogous to a pump.

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Any neutrinos traveling faster than light would radiate energy away, leaving a wake of slower particles analogous to the sonic boom of a supersonic fighter jet.

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