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coterminous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of coterminous

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

Words Related to coterminous

accompanying, attendant, attending, concomitant, incident

Antonyms of coterminous

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 of coterminous

coextensive, coincident, coinciding, conterminous

Words Related to coterminous

allover, overlaying, superimposed, superposed, underlying

conjoining, crisscrossing, intersecting, overlapping

coaxial, concurrent, convergent

congruent, conjunctional

Near Antonyms of coterminous

nonconcurrent, noncongruent

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