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Adjective: coeval  kow'ee-vul
  1. Of the same period
    "Shakespeare and Cervantes were coeval writers";
    - coetaneous, contemporaneous
Noun: coeval  kow'ee-vul
  1. A person of nearly the same age as another
    "Shakespeare and Cervantes were coevals, though they lived in different countries";
    - contemporary

Derived forms: coevals

See also: synchronal [archaic], synchronic, synchronous

Type of: compeer, equal, match, peer

Encyclopedia: Coeval