COTERMINOUS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

coterminous

adjective

(ˌ)kō-ˈtər-mə-nəs

Definition of coterminous

as in concurrent

existing or occurring at the same period of time the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne partnership was more or less coterminous with Broadway's golden age

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as in coinciding

occupying the same space Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets

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Recent Examples of coterminous Crowned at Rome by Pope Leo III, Charlemagne ruled a Christian empire that was nearly coterminous with Western Christendom. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Politics are so digital at this point that the images saved on your phone are seen as coterminous with your personal beliefs. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 July 2025 While colonial administrators imagined the West to be home to progress, order, and economic development, all of which were imagined as coterminous with whiteness, the East was imagined as its opposite. — Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025 The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse. — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024 This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville. — Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024 And the court said that town boundaries and school districts being coterminous is unconstitutional and causes the problem, and that hasn’t changed. — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coterminous

Adjective

Player count peaked at 115,145 concurrent players during the beta, so server demand is expected to be high at launch.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
At his April 16, 2013, resentencing, Stoltz imposed a combination of consecutive, concurrent and stayed sentences, reducing his prison term to 50 years.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of concurrent

Adjective

All this was happening with a coincident and successful assault of affirmative action in higher education.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Accelerating human evolution coincident with the development of agriculture increased redheadedness and decreased male-pattern baldness.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of coincident

Adjective

While economic forecasts frequently emphasize risk, underlying demand indicators point to a robust economic engine entering the fourth quarter.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
The system is built to produce deterministic outputs, trace the reasoning behind them, and apply the same underlying logic consistently across mortgage files.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of underlying

Adjective

The 1,500-watt permanent-magnet synchronous spindle runs up to 24,000 rpm and, according to ToolDance, delivers more torque at low speeds than the induction motors used in most other machines – exactly what steel and titanium demand.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
The rideshare mission, known as Transporter-18, carried 130 payloads into a polar Sun-synchronous orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of synchronous

Adjective

In terms of market size, Milwaukee ranks as MLB’s 30th and smallest Designated Market Area, defined by Nielsen as non-overlapping geographic regions that group counties based on television viewing areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
How’s an architect supposed to address these overlapping and contradictory rubrics, much less resolve them?

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of overlapping

Adjective

Along the way, a coincidental reunion with chef Andrew Wiseheart and his business partner, Ben Edgerton, helped turn the idea into a business.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
However, Jud Taylor, vice president of sales, said the timing was purely coincidental with America 250.

— Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of coincidental

Adjective

Beyond this subset of works, the chipmunk paintings are also coextensive with the entire body and thrust of her production.

— Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
How can its digital platforms become coextensive with its in-person programming, without losing the uniqueness of each?

— New York Times, New York Times, 21 May 2021

Definition of coextensive

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