parallel
par-al-lel
noun
A person or thing that is very similar or comparable to another.
"There is no parallel for her unique skill."
adjective
Extending in the same direction, always equidistant, never meeting.
"The two railway tracks run parallel."
verb
To be similar or correspond to something else; to match.
"His career closely parallels his father's."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: synchronic, synchronal, synchronous, line of latitude, latitude, parallel of latitude, duplicate, twin, collimate, nonconvergent, collateral, nonintersecting
Antonyms: oblique, perpendicular