COINCIDENTALLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

coincidentally

adverb

(ˌ)kō-ˌin(t)-sə-ˈdent-lē

Definition of coincidentally

as in coincidently

at one and the same time the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of coincidentally Perhaps not coincidentally, by the millennium, the number of farms operated primarily by women was rising and women were increasingly active in everything from driving tractors to advocating for farmers’ interests. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 June 2026 Perhaps coincidentally, OpenAI is considering delaying its IPO, The New York Times reported, with executives unnerved by SpaceX’s volatile debut and stock-market choppiness. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 June 2026 As of Friday morning, the Tartan Army had already purchased more than 8,000 tickets for Monday night’s Marlins game against the Texas Rangers at loanDepot Park (coincidentally, the same team that played the Red Sox the night the Scots were at Fenway Park). — Miami Herald, 19 June 2026 This season, the Knicks have cruised through the NBA Playoffs, winning 13 games in a row heading into Monday night’s Game 3 — the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since Game 5 of the 1999 NBA Finals, when the Knicks coincidentally lost to the Spurs. — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for coincidentally

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincidentally

Adverb

Baltimore had coincidently fallen 17 points below its scoring average, and the Ravens fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2015 — a campaign that ended with a 5-11 record.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
In Oshkosh, Franki runs a foundation that fights teen suicide and, coincidently, the office space sits in an old George Webb location.

— Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of coincidently

Adverb

At one point, Weist describes uncovering that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani maintained a fine-art photography practice while simultaneously waging a highly public censorship battle against the Brooklyn Museum.

— Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The show made Broadway history as the first live Broadway performance to be simultaneously televised on CNN to audiences across the world.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 July 2026

Definition of simultaneously

Browse Nearby Words

coincidental

coincidentally

coincidently

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of coincidentally

adverb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster on coincidentally

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

gambol

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Popular in Wordplay

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes