Synonyms: synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
Definition: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Usage: recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A.; a synchronous set of clocks; the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight; synchronous oscillations
Similar words: coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous
Definition: of the same period
Similar words: coexistent, coexisting
Definition: existing at the same time
Similar words: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, co-occurrent, simultaneous, concurrent, cooccurring
Definition: occurring or operating at the same time
Usage: a series of coincident events
Similar words: contemporaneous, contemporary
Definition: occurring in the same period of time
Usage: a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation; the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Similar words: parallel
Definition: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
Usage: parallel processing
Similar words: synchronic
Definition: (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Similar words: synchronised, synchronized
Definition: operating in unison
Usage: the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings