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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simultaneous |
| Synonyms: | circumstantial, coeval, coexisting, coincident, concerted, concomitant, contemporaneous, in sync, incidental, parallel, synchronal, synchronous |
| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, carbon copy, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, mated, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, same difference, similar, spitting image, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incidental |
| Synonyms: | amplified, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, conjectural, contingent, detailed, environmental, fortuitous, inconclusive, indirect, inferential, presumptive, provisional, uncertain |
| Antonyms: | direct |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under |
| Antonyms: | chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | concomitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contributing, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, associated with, associative, attendant, attending, belonging, coefficient, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concordant, concurrent, conjoined, conjoined with, connected, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, coterminous, coupled with, fellow, in tempo, in time, incident, isochronal, isochronous, joint, satellite, synchronal, synchronous, synergetic, synergistic |
| Antonyms: | accidental, chance, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | contemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing, occurring at same time |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, associated, attendant, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, connected, contemporaneous, current, linked, present, related, simultaneous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous |
| Notes: | contemporary can be predicated of persons, conditions, or events; contemporaneous is predicable only of occurrences or events |
| Antonyms: | future, past, preceding, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
| Synonyms: | accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, by-the-way, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributing, contributory, fluke, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary |
| Antonyms: | basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
| Main Entry: | modern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it |
| Antonyms: | ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simultaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening at about the same time |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, agreeing, at the same time, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, concurring, contemporaneous, contemporary, dead heat, in sync, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, with the beat |
| Antonyms: | asynchronous, different, divided, following, preceding, separate |
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