as in similar
having qualities in common
bad-mouthing your sister is analogous to slapping her in the face—it's just as bad
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Recent Examples of analogous
That said, the extra boost from set-top boxes and connected TVs isn’t likely to beat out the final tally for the analogous broadcast in 2017.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
To affordably resolve the vast space between the Sun and the planets, researchers divide the space into large cubes—analogous to two-dimensional pixels in a camera.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Color experts regard the combination of analogous hues, whether expressed in green and purple interior design or purple flowers emerging from green foliage, as highly desirable both aesthetically and emotionally, creating a feeling of irresistible calm.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
To affordably resolve the vast space between the Sun and the planets, researchers divide the space into large cubes—analogous to two-dimensional pixels in a camera.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Color experts regard the combination of analogous hues, whether expressed in green and purple interior design or purple flowers emerging from green foliage, as highly desirable both aesthetically and emotionally, creating a feeling of irresistible calm.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogous
Adjective
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Mitsubishi has a total LNG production capacity across projects of about 15 million metric tons per year currently, and Atheon assets are estimated to add a similar capacity, doubling overall output.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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Six days afterward, a person in a truck that looked similar to the suspect’s vehicle fled, and successfully eluded police, when a BART officer approached, authorities said.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Unlike 1979, when much of the clergy united behind Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini against the Shah, today’s clerical establishment has no comparable unanimity.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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By brand, comparable sales for the eight weeks versus the same year-ago quarter saw its Journeys Group gain 12 percent.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Humans and wildlife alike feast on the fruit, with a taste between a banana and a pineapple and a custard-like texture.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
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One of my pieces was authenticated through eBay, and the leather, stitching, canvas, and quality are alike.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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An ancient author named Diodorus Siculus, who wrote in the first century BCE, provides a story of how the Phoenicians came to acquire such great wealth through exploitation of less technologically advanced cultures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Ordinarily, such crew-rotation flights last about six months, ending a few days after their successors arrive at the ISS.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Analogous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogous. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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