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Concurrent

/kɒŋˈkʌɹənt/

One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

📖 Definitions of "Concurrent"

noun

1
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
2
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
3
One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
4
One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.

adjective

1
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
2
Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
3
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
4
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
"the concurrent jurisdiction of courts"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
simultaneous	Happening at the same moment.
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.
coincidentnoun	Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
synchronal	Synchronous; simultaneous.
coincidingnoun	Act or situation by which things coincide; coincidence.
coincidental	Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
cooccurring	occurring or operating at the same time
at the same time	at the same instant

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

Word	Definition
simultaneous	Happening at the same moment.
coincidentnoun	Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
synchronous	At the same time, at the same frequency.
coincidingnoun	Act or situation by which things coincide; coincidence.
synchronic	(linguistics) Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
coincidental	Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
synchronalnoun	Synchronous; simultaneous.
at the same time	at the same instant
cooccurring	occurring or operating at the same time
simultaneously	Occurring at the same time.
coterminous	(geography) Having matching boundaries; or, adjoining and sharing a boundary.
contemporaneous	Existing or created in the same period of time.
concurrencynoun	The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.
concomitantnoun	Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
interrelated	Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.
corresponding	that have a similar relationship
matching	The same as another; sharing the same design.
convergent	That converges or focuses; converging
parallelnoun	Equally distant from one another at all points.
convergingnoun	approaching each other at a point; convergent.