concomitant

¹con·com·i·tant

adj \kən-ˈkä-mə-tənt, kän-\

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>
3. … Christopher Walken delivers his customary edge without any of his clichéd, concomitant weirdness. —Stephen Whitty, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Feb. 1999
4. The Lincoln and Johnson plans for settling the problems of peace and freedom never seriously touched on the concomitant problem of equality. —John Hope Franklin, “The Two Worlds of Race,” 1965, in Race and History, 1989
5. But it was observed that this pill would be peculiarly bitter to the Southern States, and that some concomitant measure should be adopted to sweeten it a little to them. —Thomas Jefferson, 4 Feb. 1818, in Thomas Jefferson: Writings1984

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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