Synonyms of parallelism

parallelism

noun

ˈper-ə-ˌle-ˌli-zəm 

as in similarity

the quality or state of having many qualities in common

the striking parallelism between the two crimes got police to thinking that they were committed by the same mastermind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• similarity
• resemblance
• comparability
• similitude
• correspondence
• alikeness
• likeness
• correlation
• affinity
• equivalence
• parity
• community
• equation
• interchangeability
• equivalency
• semblance
• relationship
• identity
• compatibility
• analogousness
• identicalness
• sameness
• accordance
• exchangeability
• agreement
• congruity
• conformity
• par

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disparity
• difference
• distinctness
• discrepancy
• dissimilarity
• inequality
• distinctiveness
• disagreement
• unlikeness
• polarity
• conflict
• incompatibility
• dissimilitude
• incongruity
• incongruence
• disparateness
• nonconformity
• dichotomy
• differentiability
• discriminability
• imbalance
• disproportion
• incongruousness
• distinguishability
• anomalousness
• nonequivalence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of parallelism

The Fabric processor’s parallelism is another key advantage. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2025

That parallelism also exists in Escobedo’s nubbly façade, which resembles a coarse wool blanket, woven to look at once ancient and modern, organic and geometric. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024

Enterprises are actively seeking alternatives to legacy systems that struggle with high parallelism and metadata-intensive workloads. —Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

These mechanics create parallelism, which is the ability of a quantum system to process multiple states simultaneously. —Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025