concomitant

adjective con·com·i·tant \ kən-ˈkä-mə-tənt , kän- \

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Definition of concomitant

: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way

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concomitantly

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Examples of concomitant in a Sentence

… Christopher Walken delivers his customary edge without any of his clichéd, concomitant weirdness. —Stephen Whitty, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Feb. 1999
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
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: Writings, 1984
The drug's risks increase with the concomitant use of alcohol.
an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale

Recent Examples of concomitant from the Web

The Deputy Director has been referred - a criminal referral to the US Attorney's office by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice agreed to by the concomitant office in the FBI.

— Fox News, "David Limbaugh, Andy McCarthy break down the Mueller probe," 4 June 2018
Soon after came the rise of leisure among those toiling in the industrial revolution — holidays bought factories time to retool — and its concomitant: sports as a pastime and spectacle.

— OregonLive.com, "'Kicks' gives us a lively, engaging history of the sneaker (book review)," 1 May 2018
Given the beating concomitant with playing catcher, the heights of Mauer’s career at the plate are even more impressive.

— si.com staff, SI.com, "Nine Innings: David Price's New Vantage Point, Joe Mauer's Hall of Fame Candidacy and a Possible Reboot of the '86 Postseason," 16 Apr. 2018
Liebhold contends that advancement in technology and a concomitant diffusion of industry also played a key role in the upsurge of free trade.

— ryan p. smith, Smithsonian, "A History of America’s Ever-Shifting Stance on Tariffs," 13 Apr. 2018
Two concomitant gallery exhibitions focus on specific aspects of Resnick’s trajectory.

— hilarie m. sheets, New York Times, "Milton Resnick Gets His Due on New York’s Lower East Side," 1 Mar. 2018
Nearly all federal statutes providing for the death penalty do require a concomitant death.

— NBC News, "Trump wants the death penalty for drug traffickers. He's got it.," 20 Mar. 2018
In the past half century the number of rainy winter days per year on the archipelago has more than doubled, with a concomitant increase in the amount of icebound tundra.

— The Economist, "Arctic conservationEcologists debate whether climate change helps or hurts reindeer," 19 Dec. 2017
The stock market is at or near record highs, and America’s firms are sitting on trillions of dollars of cash that would help tide them over in the event of any downturn and concomitant fall in sales and profits.

— annie lowrey, The Atlantic, "The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession," 31 Oct. 2017

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Did You Know?

Concomitant was introduced into English at a time when many people were criticizing the use of Latinate forms in favor of more "native" words from Old English. As a descendant of Latin concomitari ("to accompany") and ultimately of "comes," the Latin word for companion, "concomitant" may well have been initially derided as an ostentatious inkhorn term. Indeed, two associated words, the verb concomitate, meaning "to accompany," and another adjective, concomitaneous, meaning "of a concomitant nature," didn't survive to accompany "concomitant" into the 18th century.

Origin and Etymology of concomitant

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

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First Known Use: 1607

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concomitant Synonyms

Synonyms

accompanying, attendant, attending, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coincidental, concurrent;

Near Antonyms

unassociated, unconnected, unrelated;

associated, collateral, connected, linked, related;

consequent, resultant, resulting;

ensuing, following, subsequent;

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, freak, incident, incidental;

concomitant

noun con·com·i·tant \ kən-ˈkä-mə-tənt , kän- \

Definition of concomitant

: something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else : accompaniment

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Examples of concomitant in a Sentence

In the local bickering which was a concomitant of the grand campaigns of the wars, there may have been considerable fighting around fortifications, even if on a relatively small and brief scale. —Anthony Goodman, The War of the Roses, (1981) 1996
… there is a demand for schools, professional services, and such other concomitants of a full society as courthouses and jails. —Anthony Bailey, New Yorker, 25 May 1987
hunger, a lack of education, and other concomitants of poverty
disease is all too often one of the concomitants of poverty