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Coeval

/kəʊˈiːvəl/

Something of the same era.

📖 Definitions of "Coeval"

noun

1
Something of the same era.
"The telephone and television are coevals in that film."
2
Somebody of the same age.

adjective

1
Of the same age; contemporary.
"Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
contemporarynoun	Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
synchronic	(linguistics) Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
synchronous	At the same time, at the same frequency.
contemporaneous	Existing or created in the same period of time.
synchronal	Synchronous; simultaneous.
coetaneous	Belonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
coetaneous	Belonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.
contemporarynoun	Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
contemporaneous	Existing or created in the same period of time.
synchronous	At the same time, at the same frequency.
synchronic	(linguistics) Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
synchronal	Synchronous; simultaneous.
coevous	(obsolete) contemporary; of the same age
modernnoun	Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
present-day	In existence now; current or contemporary.
modern-day	Current; of the present.
coaeval	Alternative form of coeval. [Of the same age or era; contemporary.]
coæval	Alternative spelling of coeval. [Of the same age or era; contemporary.]
coaetaneous	Alternative form of coetaneous. [Belonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.]
coaevous	Alternative form of coevous. [(obsolete) contemporary; of the same age]
contemporaneannoun	(rare) contemporary; coeval.
equaeval	Of the same age; coeval.
concurrent	Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
coextensive	Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
cotemporaneous	Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
cotemporarynoun	(now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary. [Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)]