Thesaurus results for COEVALS

coevals

noun

plural of coeval

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. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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contemporaries

Noun

Lower freight rates made a dent in the top and bottom lines of CMA CGM and ZIM in the fourth quarter, following the trend experienced by container shipping contemporaries Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd.

— Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
Unlike some of her contemporaries (say, Lauryn Hill), Missy never rejected or belittled explicit markers of femme subjectivity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026