coequal

American  

[koh-ee-kwuhl] / koʊˈi kwəl /

adjective

1. equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc..

   The two top students were coequal.

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noun

1. a coequal person or thing.

coequal British  

/ kəʊˈiːkwəl /

adjective

1. of the same size, rank, etc

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noun

1. a person or thing equal with another

Other Word Forms

• coequality
  noun
• coequalness
  noun
• coequally
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of coequal

1350–1400; Middle English. See co-, equal

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Example Sentences

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coequal

The documents meanwhile show that Smith was personally aware of this intrusion into a coequal branch of government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Voters can hold incumbents accountable in elections — political scientists call this “vertical accountability” — as can coequal branches of government, which we call “horizontal accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

The confrontation between two supposedly coequal branches of government has reached a critical stage.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

In time, Parliament demanded a coequal share of the power to make statutory law while the power to interpret the law and to adjudicate individual cases was increasingly delegated to law-trained judges.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025

His task was nobly done; the developments of to-day attest the wisdom of the church in sending him and his coequal coadjutors, Daniel Lee, Cyrus Shepherd, and P. L. Edwards.

From Trail Tales by James David Gillilan

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