parallel
compare apples to apples
complementer
likenable
liken
contrapose
distinctiveness
be like
comparand
assimilate
similize
enhancer
quality
foil
compare
comparable
discern
contradistinguish
similar
resemble
cousin
tie-in
comparison
identifier
kissing cousin
analogize
count
otherly
tell apart
confront
favorite
favourite
type shit
mark
correlate
bear
talk up
put something into perspective
look upon
analogue
analog
wish
harbinger
forerunner
precursor
predecessor
quid pro quo
herald
tally
corrective
coordinate
toward
reciprocal
specific
respect
distinguish
analogous
smack
meronym
qualifyingly
appertain
comparandum
token
squint
indicant
metonym
differentiate
indication
muse
regard
overshape
modal
ally
like
look on
recognize
rhyme
definingly
esteem
disfigure
define
cut both ways
simile
allude
redolent
take advantage
symbolic
as
multisense
respective
apply
say it all
likenable
comparable
otherly
specific
analogous
modal
redolent
symbolic
multisense
respective
qualifyingly
definingly
as
complementer
distinctiveness
comparand
enhancer
quality
foil
similar
cousin
tie-in
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identifier
kissing cousin
favorite
favourite
type shit
parallel
analogue
analog
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precursor
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herald
corrective
coordinate
reciprocal
meronym
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metonym
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ally
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verb
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
adv
adj
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
noun
- A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- A line of latitude.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
verb
- To liken, compare to something similar.
- To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
- To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
- To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
- To become similar.
- To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
- To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
noun
noun
- Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- Level of excellence.
- The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
adj
noun
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
verb
verb
- To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- To be similar (often used in the negative).
- To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
noun
noun
- That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
- A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
adj
- Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.
- Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
noun
- Something kindred or related to something else.
- The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
- Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
- A member of the British intelligence services (from an American perspective) or of the American intelligence services (from a British perspective).
noun
- That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
- The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.
- The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
- A simile.
- With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
- A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.
noun
- Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
- One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
- A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
- A primary key.
- Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
- A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
- A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
verb
- To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- To be of significance; to matter.
- To recite numbers in sequence.
- To determine the number of (objects in a group).
- To amount to, to number in total.
noun
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
- A countdown.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
adj
verb
- To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
- To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- To deal with.
- To come up against; to encounter.
- To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
- To engage in confrontation.
- To bring someone face to face with something.
verb
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
noun
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
verb
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To wear.
- To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
adj
noun
- The meat of this animal.
- A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
verb
- To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
- To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
- To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
- I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
- To desire; to want.
- To request or desire to do an activity.
noun
noun
- Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
- An equal or fair transaction or series of process of exchange transactions; tit for tat.
- Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
- Substitution of one drug for another.
- A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.
- Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.
verb
- To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- To count something.
- To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
- To keep score.
- To correspond or agree.
- To record something by making marks.
- To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
intj
noun
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- A tally shop.
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
noun
- something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
- (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
- hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
adj
adj
adj
- (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
adj
noun
verb
- To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To slap or hit someone.
- To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- To get the flavor of.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- To make a smacking sound.
adv
noun
- A group of jellyfish.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- Heroin.
noun
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
verb
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
verb
- To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- To look or glance sideways.
- To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
- To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
adj
noun
verb
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To recognize a distinction or difference between two things.
- To make different; to change, modify.
- To calculate the derivative of a function.
- To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
noun
noun
- something that serves to indicate or suggest
- the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
- something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
adj
- Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- Relating to the statistical mode.
- Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- a modal dialog; a modal window
noun
noun
- Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
- A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
- A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
- A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
- An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
- A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
verb
- To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
- To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
- Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
prep
- Similar to, reminiscent of
- Typical of
- Approximating
- In the manner of, similarly to
- Such as
- As if there would be
- Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something
noun
- Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- Something that a person likes (prefers).
adv
conj
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To be likely.
- To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To want, desire. See also would like.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- To accept as an input.
particle
- A delayed filler.
- Likely.
- Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
- Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
adj
verb
- To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
- To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
- To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
- To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
- to cognize again
- To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
- To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
verb
- To somewhat resemble or correspond with.
- Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
- To compose or treat in verse; versify.
- Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
noun
- A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
- A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
- rime
- A word that rhymes with another.
- Rhyming verse (poetic form)
- Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.
verb
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
adv
- Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
- To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
- Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely
conj
- used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
- At the same instant or moment that: when.
- Being that, considering that, because, since.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
- At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
- Expressing concession: though.
- Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
- Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is.
prep
noun
verb
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- ask (for something)
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- apply oneself to
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