ANALOGUES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

analogues

noun

variants or analogs

plural of analogue

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formal something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.; something that is analogous to something else a modern analog to what happened before the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree a meat analogue such as tofu

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Recent Examples of analogues The researchers also considered case studies from analogs including Antarctic research missions and time aboard submarines or oil rigs, as some examples. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 July 2026 Humans have no innate cognitive machinery designed to string letters into words and connect them to their real-world analogues. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 To be clear, however, operations on phi-bits are not quantum computations, only classical analogues of quantum computer systems. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026 The number of distinct fentanyl analogs reported to the UNODC subsequently plummeted, while reports of nitazenes quickly picked up. — Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat, STAT, 18 June 2026 Throughout history, researchers have found mathematical analogs of Higgs mode in various materials. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026 But 749 died after taking fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026 When the smoke shop market got flooded with cheap synthetic analogs designed to mimic the effects of real mushroom products, the price floor collapsed overnight. — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026 Neuroscientists proceeded to look for biological analogues in mouse brains, and were pleased to discover them. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The researchers scanned the brains of eight dogs — six border collies, a labrador and a golden retriever — while showing them images of strangers with either a happy or a neutral expression.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
See the short’s first teaser and a selection of first-look images below.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of images

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Ahead, see The Brink of War cast side-by-side with their real-life counterparts.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Republicans control the White House and both branches of Congress, helping bolster their financial coffers against their Democratic counterparts, Martin noted in his remarks.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

His buyback calculation is based on a regulatory filing Berkshire made in July tied to Chairman Warren Buffett’s charitable stock donation, which disclosed his economic ownership of the company’s Class A share equivalents.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
There are fewer unions, and the West End artists are paid less money than their equivalents on Broadway.

— Katie North, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of equivalents

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The restaurant is named for American artist John Singer Sargent, a painter who specialized in portraits and landscapes during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Maria Black, only the seventh CEO in ADP’s 77-year history, often lingers before her predecessors’ portraits on the walk to her office.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of portraits

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He was shown pictures and videos from the prosecution of the state of the house, including blood spatter.

— Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
And while alumni watched from the sideline, the Bruins connected with youth football players on the field during, incorporating them into stretches, signing autographs and taking pictures.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pictures

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Israeli forces continue to occupy buffer zone in an effort to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure, with restrictions drawing parallels to those in the West Bank.

— Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026
This incident draws parallels to the Cruise crash, but Waymo has been transparent, unlike Cruise, whose poor post-crash communication led to its shutdown.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of parallels

Noun

Unlike conventional porous carbons, which interact only weakly with polysulfides, COFs possess periodically arranged pores whose dimensions, chemical environments, and electronic characteristics can be programmed by design.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
While the backbone is always the same, the number of carbons in the fatty acids can vary.

— Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026

Definition of carbons

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