concomitant

[ kon-kom-i-tuhnt, kuhn- ]

adjective

1. existing or occurring with something else, as a related feature or circumstance; accompanying:

   The Dutch economy was already burdened by the high national debt and concomitant high taxation.

   Synonyms: associated

2. existing or occurring at the same time; concurrent:

   Anti-Catholicism peaked from the 1830s through the 1850s, concomitant with the growing debate over slavery.

noun

1. a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.

concomitant

/ kənˈkɒmɪtənt /

adjective

1. existing or occurring together; associative

noun

1. a concomitant act, person, etc

Derived Forms

• conˈcomitantly, adverb

Other Words From

• con·com·i·tant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of concomitant¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin concomitant- (stem of concomitāns, present participle of concomitārī ), equivalent to con- con- + comit- (stem of comes ) comes + -ant- -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of concomitant¹

C17: from Late Latin concomitārī to accompany, from com- with + comes companion, fellow

Example Sentences

Delta functions something like a swamp cooler, using the body’s own perspiration as a cooling mechanism but without any concomitant clamminess.

From Outside Online

Indeed, it's possible to see U.S. wage stagnation as the necessary concomitant of a policy that maximizes employment.

From The Daily Beast

It by no means follows, however, that virtue is the invariable concomitant of plausible speech.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus we find that earthly kings publish their decrees with such concomitant, that none may say, "We heard not this."

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In a moment I had reached that phase of weakly decisive anger which is for people of my temperament the concomitant of exhaustion.

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Similar objections will be found to apply to the Method of Concomitant Variations.

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The use of the aspis in Homer, therefore, throws no suspicion on the concomitant use of the corslet.

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