What part of speech is analogous?

Analogous can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. analogous is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more analogous
    most analogous
  • Positive: analogous 
  • Comparative: more analogous
  • Superlative: most analogous

Adjective to adverb

What does analogous mean?

Definitions

Adjective

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

Examples of analogous

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Brains and computers are often considered analogous.
2. adj. Salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar.
3. adj. The wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous.
4. adj. Your situation is analogous to mine.
5. adj. The human heart is analogous to a pump.
6. adj. Any neutrinos traveling faster than light would radiate energy away, leaving a wake of slower particles analogous to the sonic boom of a supersonic fighter jet.
7. adj. Specific Impulse can be thought of as a kind of fuel efficiency for rocket engines, analogous to the miles-per-gallon for cars.
Sentence  
adj.
Brains and computers are often considered analogous.
Salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar.
The wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous.
Your situation is analogous to mine.
The human heart is analogous to a pump.
Any neutrinos traveling faster than light would radiate energy away, leaving a wake of slower particles analogous to the sonic boom of a supersonic fighter jet.
Specific Impulse can be thought of as a kind of fuel efficiency for rocket engines, analogous to the miles-per-gallon for cars.

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