1
as in concurrent
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 & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in coinciding
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 & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of coterminous
While colonial administrators imagined the West to be home to progress, order, and economic development, all of which were imagined as coterminous with whiteness, the East was imagined as its opposite.
—
Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
From the moment of her father’s death and her subsequent coronation—receiving the Crown of St. Edward on her head, and bearing its almost five pounds of weight upright for the next three hours—the vast dimensions of her status as queen were coterminous with the diminutive dimensions of her person.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024
They are not always codified in or coterminous with international law.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
And the court said that town boundaries and school districts being coterminous is unconstitutional and causes the problem, and that hasn’t changed.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Clearly, then, the gambit is designed to have, coterminous with Trump’s criminal prosecution by the Biden Justice Department’s special counsel, a parallel probe of the Bidens.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
Tohoku then is coterminous with the former Emishi region.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2011
Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
From the moment of her father’s death and her subsequent coronation—receiving the Crown of St. Edward on her head, and bearing its almost five pounds of weight upright for the next three hours—the vast dimensions of her status as queen were coterminous with the diminutive dimensions of her person.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024
They are not always codified in or coterminous with international law.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
And the court said that town boundaries and school districts being coterminous is unconstitutional and causes the problem, and that hasn’t changed.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Clearly, then, the gambit is designed to have, coterminous with Trump’s criminal prosecution by the Biden Justice Department’s special counsel, a parallel probe of the Bidens.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
Tohoku then is coterminous with the former Emishi region.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coterminous
Adjective
-
This is much bigger, with 20,000+ attendees, many concurrent sessions, and hundreds of sponsors and booths.—
Korok Ray,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
-
But other major retailers like Best Buy and Target usually hold concurrent sales during Prime-exclusive sales events.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
12 June 2025
Adjective
-
With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
-
For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.—
Colleen Barry,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2022
Adjective
-
The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2024
-
Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
Adjective
-
The sheer number of DNA shifts that must have occurred in rapid succession to create this synchronous outcome also reflects the strong pressure horses were likely under to become fast and tireless.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
-
The key lies in a fast oscillating sheet known as a diffuser, onto which synchronous images are projected at high speed (2,880 images per second) and at different heights; human persistence of vision ensures that these images are perceived as true 3D objects.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Meissner disagreed with Levi, warning that 80% of children hospitalized with RSV are healthy with no underlying conditions.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
-
Yet, while nuclear is back in the political spotlight, the underlying issue goes deeper: energy systems are under pressure, and existing planning, operational, and market structures are struggling to keep pace.—
Elena Bou,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
-
Whether the singles were planned or coincidental, the dual release has fans tuned in.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2025
-
There’s a coincidental yet meaningful connection between two of this summer’s buzziest movies.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
Adjective
-
Beyond this subset of works, the chipmunk paintings are also coextensive with the entire body and thrust of her production.—
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2024
-
The exotic animal was brought by ambassadors from the distant south, possibly from Nubia (a kingdom on the Nile roughly coextensive with modern Sudan).—
Peter Brown,
The New York Review of Books,
24 Sep. 2020
Adjective
-
While there is no suggestion that deposit insurance might be abolished, the FDIC has become so conterminous with the concept that (unfounded) worries were quickly raised on social media about the safety of money in banks.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
-
According to the weather service, increased chances for above-normal temperatures are predicted across much of the central and eastern conterminous United States.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
1 Feb. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Coterminous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coterminous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share