analogous
UK/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
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New Zealand/əˈnɛl.ə.ɡəs/
analogous adjective: having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".).
Adjective
analogous (comparative more analogous, superlative most analogous)
- 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.1828, Thomas De Quincey, Elements of Rhetoric (review)
- Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death.1872, John Henry Newman, Historical Sketches
- Synonyms:
- correspondent, like, similar, comparable, parallel
- Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
analogous meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
analogous in Tamil
- ஒத்த, தொழிலொத்தவுறுப்புக்குரிய
analogous in Marathi
- analogous
- समान samān
analogous in Urdu
- مثل, تمثیلی
analogous in Bengali
- তুলনাযোগ্য, অনুরূপ
More languagesFewer languages
- analogous in Malayalam
- സാദൃശ്യമുള്ള, സമാനമായ, സമാനതയുള്ള, ഉപമിക്കാവുന്ന
- analogous in Kannada
- ಸರಿಗೆಲಸದ, ಹೋಲುವ, ಸದೃಶ, ಸಮಾನವಾದ
- analogous in Arabic
- مُمَاثِل mumāṯil
Examples of analogous in a sentence
- Ethane, ethylene, an acetylene, or their analogous compounds form an isologous series.
- The "boots theory", as it has come to be known, is quite analogous to Future Generations Policy.
- But this process has a temporal cousin, which is an analogous collapse into a permanent instantaneity.
Synonyms of analogous
Forms of analogous
| comparative | more analogous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most analogous |
Origin of analogous
From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (ănắlogos); Its English equivalent is analogue + -ous. The application to similar features of organisms is nearly as old as the general sense. Recognizably modern uses of the second sense, distinguishing analogous from homologous, appear in the mid-19th century.
Words formed from analogous
Phrases with analogous
Questions about analogous
- What does analogous mean?
- Analogous means having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".).
- What is analogous in Tamil?
- Analogous in Tamil is ஒத்த, தொழிலொத்தவுறுப்புக்குரிய. See Analogous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is analogous?
- Analogous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce analogous?
- Analogous is pronounced /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/ (UK).
Words near analogous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: analogous (page history and authors); analogous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); समान (Marathi) (page history and authors); analogous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); analogous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); analogous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); analogous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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