Meanings
present singular third person coexists · participle present coexisting · participle past coexisted · past coexisted · alternative co-exist · alternative coëxist
- intransitivestativeusuallypeople; concepts; people; conceptsTo exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
learn to coexist
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peacefully coexist
coexist with others
Different religions can coexist peacefully in one society.
Humans and wildlife must coexist in fragile ecosystems.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From co- + exist. Compare Latin coexsistō.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَعَايَشَ
- تَعَايَشَ (taʕāyaša)exist contemporaneously
Bulgarian съществу́вам едновре́менно
- съществу́вам едновре́менно (săštestvúvam ednovrémenno)exist contemporaneously
Catalan coexistir
- coexistirexist contemporaneously
Chinese Mandarin 共存, 並存 /并存
- 共存 (gòngcún)exist contemporaneously
- 並存 /并存 (bìngcún)exist contemporaneously
Czech koexistovat
- koexistovatexist contemporaneously
Danish sameksistere
- sameksistereexist contemporaneously
Dutch co-existeren, samengaan
- co-existerenexist contemporaneously
- samengaanexist contemporaneously
- naast elkaar bestaanexist contemporaneously
Esperanto kunekzisti
- kunekzistiexist contemporaneously
Finnish olla yhtä aikaa olemassa, elää rinnakkain
- olla yhtä aikaa olemassaexist contemporaneously
- elää rinnakkainexist contemporaneously
French coexister
- coexisterexist contemporaneously
German koexistieren
- koexistierenexist contemporaneously
Hebrew התקיים בצוותא
- התקיים בצוותא (hitkayém b'tsavta)exist contemporaneously
Italian coesistere
- coesistereexist contemporaneously
Japanese 共存する
- 共存する (kyōzon suru)exist contemporaneously
Korean 공존하다
- 공존하다 (gongjonhada)exist contemporaneously
Latin coexsistō
- coexsistōexist contemporaneously
Latvian līdzāspastāvēt
- līdzāspastāvētexist contemporaneously
Māori noho tahi
- noho tahiexist contemporaneously
Norwegian Bokmål sameksistere
- sameksistereexist contemporaneously
Polish współistnieć, koegzystować
- współistniećexist contemporaneously
- koegzystowaćexist contemporaneously
Portuguese coexistir
- coexistirexist contemporaneously
Romanian a coexista
- a coexistaexist contemporaneously
Russian сосуществова́ть
- сосуществова́ть (sosuščestvovátʹ)exist contemporaneously
Slovak koexistovať
- koexistovaťexist contemporaneously
Spanish coexistir
- coexistirexist contemporaneously
Swedish samexistera
- samexisteraexist contemporaneously
Ukrainian співіснува́ти
- співіснува́ти (spivisnuváty)exist contemporaneously
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with coexist
Cite this entry
coexist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexist
“coexist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coexist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexist.
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