'Coeval' definitions:
Definition of 'coeval'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of the same period [syn: coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous]
noun
A person of nearly the same age as another [syn: contemporary, coeval]
Definition of 'Coeval'
From: GCIDE
- Coeval \Co*e"val\, n. One of the same age; a contemporary. [1913 Webster]
- As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Coeval'
From: GCIDE
- Coeval \Co*e"val\, a. [L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See Age, n.] Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with. [1913 Webster]
- Silence! coeval with eternity! --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coeval'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompanying,
- agreeing,
- atavistic,
- bodily,
- born,
- coetaneous,
- coeternal,
- coexistent,
- coexisting,
- coinstantaneous,
- collateral,
- concomitant,
- concurrent,
- congenital,
- connatal,
- connate,
- connatural,
- constitutional,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- conterminous,
- coterminous,
- dead heat,
- draw,
- genetic,
- hereditary,
- in the blood,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incarnate,
- indigenous,
- inherited,
- innate,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- isochronal,
- isochronous,
- native,
- native to,
- natural,
- natural to,
- organic,
- physical,
- primal,
- simultaneous,
- synchronal,
- synchronic,
- synchronous,
- temperamental,
- tie,
- unison,
- unisonous