Meanings
- not comparableexisting at the same time as something else
1 more example
Juxtaposed with the reports of war related fatalities, such information cannot but help but allow viewers to reconfirm metaphorical connections between war and AIDS. And give ^([sic]) the coexistent realities of the epidemic and the War Against Iraq, it isn't a great leap to link those two specific realities together.
1991 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Are We Having A War, Or What?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexisting at the same time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Englishexistent
- Englishcoexistent
Translations
German koexistent
- koexistentexisting at the same time
Italian coesistente
- coesistenteexisting at the same time
Latin aequālis
- aequālisexisting at the same time
Spanish coexistente
- coexistenteexisting at the same time
Cite this entry
coexistent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexistent
“coexistent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexistent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coexistent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coexistent.
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