Coeval

//koʊˈi.vəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something of the same era.

    "The telephone and television are coevals in that film."

  2. 2
    a person of nearly the same age as another wordnet
  3. 3
    Somebody of the same age.

    "[…] the fey grace, the elusive, shifty, soul-shattering, insidious charm that separates the nymphet from such coevals of hers […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the same age or era; contemporary. not-comparable

    "Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the same period wordnet

Synonyms

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contemporaneouscontemporaryaccompanyingagreeingatavisticbodily

Example

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"Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!"

Etymology

From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).

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