parallel

NOUNVERBADJECTIVE /pærə,lɛl/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P

parallel is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3A1R1A1L1L1E1L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does parallel mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

Something having the property of being analogous to something else.

SYNONYMS
ANALOGANALOGUE
BROADER
SIMILARITY
NARROWER
ECHO
2

An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.

SYNONYMS
LATITUDELINE OF LATITUDEPARALLEL OF LATITUDE
BROADER
LINE
NARROWER
POLAR CIRCLEHORSE LATITUDETROPIC
3

(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes).

“parallels never meet”

BROADER
FIGURE
VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Duplicate or match.

SYNONYMS
DUPLICATETWIN
BROADER
FITAGREECHECKCORRESPONDGIBEJIBEMATCHTALLY
2

Make or place parallel to something.

“They paralleled the ditch to the highway”

SYNONYMS
COLLIMATE
BROADER
ALTERMODIFYCHANGE
3

Be parallel to.

“Their roles are paralleled by ours”

BROADER
GIBEFITAGREETALLYMATCHJIBECHECKCORRESPOND
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.

“parallel lines never converge”

“concentric circles are parallel”

ANTONYMS
OBLIQUEPERPENDICULAR
SIMILAR
NONINTERSECTINGNONCONVERGENTCOLLATERALANTIPARALLEL
2

Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations.

“parallel processing”

SIMILAR
SYNCHRONICSYNCHRONALSYNCHRONOUS