coeval.
Of the same age or era; contemporary.
Meaning & usage
Of the same age or era; contemporary.
Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).
Something of the same era.
The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
Somebody of the same age.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).
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