as in contemporaries
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals
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Recent Examples of coevals
The universal hatred comes from the child star’s coevals, whose curiosity about the occupation is mingled with resentment.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coevals
contemporaries
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Kahan’s subject matter sets him apart from most of his adult-contemporary contemporaries, often directly mentioning an interstate highway or name-dropping a city in the New England region.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mainstream scholarship largely rejects speculation about the playwright’s identity because Shakespeare’s name appears on some 50 extant documents and because he was mentioned by several contemporaries, notably Jonson.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Coevals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coevals. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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