concomitant

¹con·com·i·tant

adj \-mə-tənt\

Definition of CONCOMITANT

: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way

— con·com·i·tant·ly adverb

Examples of CONCOMITANT

1. The drug's risks increase with the concomitant use of alcohol.
2. <an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale>

Origin of CONCOMITANT

Latin concomitant-, concomitans, present participle of concomitari to accompany, from com- + comitari to accompany, from comit-, comes companion — more at count

First Known Use: 1607

Related to CONCOMITANT

Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, attending, coexistent, coexisting, coincidental, coincident, concurrent

Related Words: contemporaneous, contemporary, simultaneous, synchronous; associated, collateral, connected, linked, related; consequent, resultant, resulting; ensuing, following, subsequent; accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, freak, incident, incidental

Near Antonyms: unassociated, unconnected, unrelated

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