Dissimilar and Parallel

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Dissimilar adjective - Being not of the same kind.

Usage example: a place where people with dissimilar backgrounds can interact

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Parallel is an antonym for dissimilar.

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

Usage example: parallel lives of two friends who first met in college

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Dissimilar is an antonym for parallel in topics: matching, akin, aligned.

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

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