coterminous

co·ter·mi·nous

adj \(ˌ)kō-ˈtər-mə-nəs\

Definition of COTERMINOUS

1

: having the same or coincident boundaries <a voting district coterminous with the city>

2

: coextensive in scope or duration <an experience of life coterminous with the years of his father — Elizabeth Hardwick>

— co·ter·mi·nous·ly adverb

Examples of COTERMINOUS

1. <the Alfred Lunt–Lynn Fontanne partnership was more or less coterminous with Broadway's golden age>
2. <Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets.>

Origin of COTERMINOUS

alteration of conterminous

First Known Use: 1799

Related to COTERMINOUS

Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, coincident, coincidental, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronous

Antonyms: asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous, nonsynchronous

Related Words: accompanying, attendant, attending, concomitant, incident

Near Antonyms: nonconcurrent, noncongruent

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Rhymes with COTERMINOUS

conterminous