as in contemporaries
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals
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Recent Examples of coevals
The universal hatred comes from the child star’s coevals, whose curiosity about the occupation is mingled with resentment.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coevals
contemporaries
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Whatever his contemporaries thought of Melville’s prose, at least his coworkers respected his dedication and honesty, the later a rare commodity in government work during the late nineteenth-century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Maersk, like its contemporaries that have made Red Sea sailings, is still focused on sticking to the Cape of Good Hope route despite the movement of the 6,445-TEU Sebarok.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Coevals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coevals. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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