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coeval

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kəʊˈiːvəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /koʊˈi.vəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
  • The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contemporaneous, coetaneous, coeval, coincident, contemporary, cotemporal, cotemporaneous

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something of the same era.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The telephone and television are coevals in that film.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Somebody of the same age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

of the same period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coetaneous, contemporaneous

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a person of nearly the same age as another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contemporary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: peer, equal, match, compeer

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: njëkohës — of the same age
  • Bulgarian: съвреме́нен (sǎvreménen) — of the same age
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同时代的 (tóngshídài de) — of the same age
  • Czech: vrstevník — of the same age
  • Danish: samtidig — of the same age
  • Danish: jævnaldrende — of the same age
  • French: du même âge — of the same age
  • French: contemporain — of the same age
  • German: gleichaltrig — of the same age
  • Greek: συνομήλικος (synomílikos) — of the same age
  • Icelandic: samaldra — of the same age
  • Icelandic: jafnaldra — of the same age
  • Irish: comhaosta — of the same age
  • Northern Kurdish: hevjî — of the same age
  • Manx: co-eash — of the same age
  • Manx: co-eashagh — of the same age
  • Manx: uneashagh — of the same age
  • Old English: efneald — of the same age
  • Persian: همسال (hamsâl) — of the same age
  • Portuguese: coetâneo — of the same age
  • Portuguese: contemporâneo — of the same age
  • Portuguese: coevo — of the same age
  • Russian: одного́ во́зраста (odnovó vózrasta) — of the same age
  • Russian: совреме́нный (sovreménnyj) — of the same age
  • Russian: рове́сник (rovésnik) — of the same age
  • Spanish: coetáneo — of the same age
  • Spanish: etario — of the same age
  • ǃXóõ: ǃnāã — of the same age
  • Czech: současník — of the same era
  • Spanish: coetáneo — of the same era
  • Spanish: coevo — of the same era
  • Bulgarian: съвреме́нник (sǎvreménnik) — something of the same era
  • Bulgarian: съвреме́нница (sǎvreménnica) — something of the same era
  • Greek: σύγχρονος (sýnchronos) — something of the same era
  • Icelandic: samaldri — something of the same era
  • Icelandic: jafnaldri — something of the same era
  • Icelandic: samtíðarmaður — something of the same era
  • Manx: co-eash — something of the same era
  • Russian: совреме́нник (sovreménnik) — something of the same era
  • Russian: совреме́нница (sovreménnica) — something of the same era
  • Spanish: coevo — something of the same era
  • Czech: vrstevník — somebody of the same age
  • Irish: comhaois — somebody of the same age
  • Manx: co-eash — somebody of the same age
  • Russian: све́рстник (svérstnik) — somebody of the same age
  • Russian: рове́сник (rovésnik) — somebody of the same age
  • Scottish Gaelic: comhaois — somebody of the same age
  • Spanish: coetáneo — somebody of the same age