parallel
Side by side and always the same distance apart, never meeting.
parallel in a sentence
- The two railway tracks run parallel for miles.
- Draw two parallel lines across the top of the page.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to parallel?
- Adiverging
- Balongside
- Cperpendicular
- Dcrossing
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B: alongside. The other three mean the opposite of parallel.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to parallel?
- Acrossing
- Balongside
- Cside-by-side
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A: crossing. The other three mean nearly the same as parallel.
Words that mean something similar
alongside, side-by-side
Words that mean the opposite
crossing, diverging, perpendicular
More words about appearance & looks
- peculiar: Strange or unusual.
- preen: To tidy and admire your own appearance.
- pristine: Perfectly clean and unspoilt, like new.
- prominent: Easy to see or notice; standing out.
- quizzical: Showing that you are puzzled or curious, often in a joking way.
- rickety: Old, weak and likely to fall apart.
- rotund: Round and plump in shape.
- scowl: To make an angry, cross face by pulling your eyebrows down; or that angry face itself.
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test