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Synonyms for analogous

Adjective

1. analogous, correspondent, similar (vs. dissimilar)
usage: similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat"
2. analogous (vs. homologous) (vs. heterologous)
usage: corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
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