Standard Lemma guide

concomitant

adj · noun · 6 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /kənˈkɑmətənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /kənˈkɒmətənt/ of the US
  • Australian: /kənˈkɔmətənt/
  • New-Zealand: /kənˈkɒmətənt/
  • New-Zealand: [kənˈkɔ̟mətənt]
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N K AA1 M AH0 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AA2 N K AH0 M IH1 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something happening or existing at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

following or accompanying as a consequence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
  • snags incidental to the changeover in management
  • attendant circumstances
  • the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
  • the ensuant response to his appeal
  • the resultant savings were considerable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attendant, consequent, accompanying, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Narrower terms: associate, background

History

Etymology

First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съпътстващ (sǎpǎtstvašt) — following as a consequence
  • Catalan: concomitant — following as a consequence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 併發的 /并发的 (bìngfā de) — following as a consequence
  • Czech: doprovodný — following as a consequence
  • Finnish: johtuva — following as a consequence
  • Finnish: seuraava — following as a consequence
  • French: concomitant — following as a consequence
  • German: damit einhergehend — following as a consequence
  • German: konkomitant — following as a consequence
  • Greek: συνακόλουθος (synakólouthos) — following as a consequence
  • Hindi: आनुषंगिक (ānuṣaṅgik) — following as a consequence
  • Hindi: सहगामी (sahgāmī) — following as a consequence
  • Hindi: सहवर्ती (sahvartī) — following as a consequence
  • Italian: concomitante — following as a consequence
  • Korean: 수반(隨伴)되는 (subandoeneun) — following as a consequence
  • Polish: współistniejący — following as a consequence
  • Portuguese: concomitante — following as a consequence
  • Russian: сопу́тствующий (sopútstvujuščij) — following as a consequence
  • Slovak: sprievodný — following as a consequence
  • Spanish: concomitante — following as a consequence
  • German: Begleiterscheinung — Something happening or existing at the same time