analogous

analogous has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• a.. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
• a.. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
• a.. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"