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    <periodOfReport>2025-12-09</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000006281</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ANALOG DEVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001201872</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ROCHE VINCENT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE ANALOG WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WILMINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01887</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chair &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Comm Stock - $.16-2/3 value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-12-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10848</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>155688.462</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Comm Stock-$.16-2/3 value</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23515</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Vincent Roche 2024 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock of the Company earned in connection with Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units granted on April 3, 2023. The shares were earned based on the achievement of certain pre-established performance parameters relating to the Company's financial performance over a one-year performance period, two-year cumulative performance period and three-year cumulative performance period at 25.3% of target. The shares will vest on March 15, 2026, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held by the Vincent Roche 2024 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 3, 2024.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Shelly Shaw, General Counsel, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-12-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
