Coeval
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəʊˈiːvəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Coeval is an adjective meaning Of the same age or era; contemporary.
Meaning
Of the same age or era; contemporary.
More Meanings
- Something of the same era.
- Somebody of the same age.
Example Sentences
The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.
[…] the fey grace, the elusive, shifty, soul-shattering, insidious charm that separates the nymphet from such coevals of hers […]
Word Forms
- coevals
Synonyms for coeval
Depending on context, synonyms include contemporaneous, coetaneous, coincident, contemporary, cotemporal, cotemporaneous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coetaneous, contemporary, contemporaneous, synchronous, synchronic, synchronal.
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