COEVAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coeval mean? 

• COEVAL (noun)
  The noun COEVAL has 1 sense:

1. a person of nearly the same age as another

  Familiarity information: COEVAL used as a noun is very rare.

• COEVAL (adjective)
  The adjective COEVAL has 1 sense:

1. of the same period

  Familiarity information: COEVAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COEVAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of nearly the same age as another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coeval; contemporary

Hypernyms ("coeval" is a kind of...):

compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

Derivation:

coeval (of the same period)

• COEVAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the same period

Synonyms:

coetaneous; coeval; contemporaneous

Similar:

synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

Derivation:

coeval (a person of nearly the same age as another)

 Context examples 

The Draculas were, says Arminius, a great and noble race, though now and again were scions who were held by their coevals to have had dealings with the Evil One.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)