analogous

  • (s) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
    • brains and computers are often considered analogous
    • salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar
    correspondent,
  • (a) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
    • the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous

Synonyms

correspondent

Antonyms

homologous heterologic heterological heterologous

Words of close approximity

analogously