analogous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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)
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian: analogan (sh)
• Spanish: análogo (es)
• Swedish: analog (sv)
• Volapük: naaloga (vo)

References

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