coincident

American  

[koh-in-si-duhnt] / koʊˈɪn sɪ dənt /

adjective

1. happening at the same time.

   Synonyms:

   synchronous, simultaneous

2. coinciding; occupying the same place or position.

3. exactly corresponding.

4. in exact agreement (usually followed bywith ).

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coincident British  

/ kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt /

adjective

1. having the same position in space or time

2. in exact agreement; consonant

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Related Words

See contemporary.

Other Word Forms

• noncoincident adjective
• precoincident adjective
• precoincidently adverb
• supercoincident adjective
• supercoincidently adverb
• uncoincident adjective
• uncoincidently adverb

Etymology

Origin of coincident

1555–65; < Medieval Latin coincident- (stem of coincidēns ) present participle of coincidere to coincide; -ent

Example Sentences

This "surge in gas... is coincident and driven by the need to satisfy the growth in AI," said Eric Hanselman, an energy analyst at S&P Global.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Not surprisingly, given that none of these theories supports a solid coincident indicator for gold’s gyrations, they all fail as leading indicators as well.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

In part, it’s a time capsule, recording the rise in the popularity of soul food, especially in northern cities, that was coincident with the Second Great Migration happening during this period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

"In the case of a lot of whales, population recoveries since the cessation of commercial whaling are coincident with increasing shipping traffic and increasing fishing efforts," said Stocker.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

It turns out that those three other subfamilies have coincident distributions, all of them tiny compared with the distribution of Malayo-Polynesian.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond