coincident
UK /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/ · US /koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/ adjective, noun
Forms coincidents
- adjective Of two or more objects: being in the same location.
- adjective Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
- adjective Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.
- adjective (obsolete) Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.
- noun (obsolete) One of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.
Synonyms
coincidental coinciding concurrent co-occurrent cooccurring simultaneous
Antonyms
Etymology
The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; --followed by with.
- noun One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [R.]
Etymology [Cf. F. coïncident.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “coincident”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details