Meanings
comparative more coincidental · superlative most coincidental
- Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
1 more example
Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN - Happening or existing at the same time.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoccurring or operating 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-
- Englishincident
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishincidental
- Englishcoincidental
From co- + incidental.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch toevallig, samenvallend
- toevalligoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- samenvallendhappening or existing at the same time
Estonian kokkusattumuslik, samaaegne
- kokkusattumuslikoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- samaaegnehappening or existing at the same time
- üheaegnehappening or existing at the same time
Finnish satunnainen, sattumanvarainen
- satunnainenoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- sattumanvarainenoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- samanaikainenhappening or existing at the same time
French fortuit, coïncidentiel
- fortuitoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- coïncidentieloccurring as or resulting from coincidence
German zufällig
- zufälligoccurring as or resulting from coincidence
Greek συμπτωματικός
- συμπτωματικός (symptomatikós)occurring as or resulting from coincidence
Romanian coincidental
- coincidentaloccurring as or resulting from coincidence
Turkish rastlantısal, tesadüfi
- rastlantısaloccurring as or resulting from coincidence
- tesadüfioccurring as or resulting from coincidence
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
coincidental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincidental
“coincidental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincidental. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coincidental,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coincidental.
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