analogous

English

Etymology

Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek αναλογία (“proportion”) + -ous. See logic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/ or sometimes IPA: /-ʤəs/

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Adjective

analogous (comparative more analogous, superlative most analogous)

1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".
   • Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
   • Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman.

Synonyms

• (having analogy): correspondent, like, similar, comparable, parallel

Related terms

• analog
• analogic
• analogical
• analogue
• analogy

Translations

having analogy; corresponding to something else

Arabic: مماثل (ar) (mumaṯil) Bulgarian: аналогичен (bg) (analogíčen), подобен (bg) (podóben), сходен (bg) (sxóden) Croatian: analogan (hr) Czech: obdobný (cs), analogický (cs) Dutch: analoog (nl), analoge (nl) Esperanto: analoga (eo) Finnish: vastaava (fi), vastaavanlainen (fi) French: analogue (fr)

German: analog (de) Polish: analogiczny (pl) Romanian: analog (ro) Russian: аналогичный (ru) (analogíčnyj), подобный (ru) (podóbnyj), сходный (ru) (sxódnyj) Spanish: análogo (es) Volapük: naaloga (vo)

References

• analogous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913