coterminous

coterminous

adjective

Definition of COTERMINOUS

1

existing or occurring at the same period of time <the Alfred Lunt–Lynn Fontanne partnership was more or less coterminous with Broadway's golden age>

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

2

occupying the same space <Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets>

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