coincident

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Definition of COINCIDENT

1

present at the same time and place <the hard economic times and the coincident increase in crime were a double strain on the city's social services>

Synonyms accompanying, attendant, attending, coexistent, coexisting, coincidental, concomitant, 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

2

occupying the same space <a study to determine whether the areas with the highest family incomes were coincident with the locations boasting the highest percentage of college graduates>

Synonyms coincident, coinciding, conterminous, coterminous

Related Words allover, overlaying, superimposed, superposed, underlying; conjoining, crisscrossing, intersecting, overlapping; coaxial, concurrent, convergent; congruent, conjunctional

Near Antonyms nonconcurrent, noncongruent

3

existing or occurring at the same period of time <coincident changes in the region's demographic makeup that were little noted at the time>

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

Related Words accompanying, attendant, attending, concomitant, incident

Antonyms asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous, nonsynchronous