coevals

noun

plural of coeval
as in contemporaries
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals

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Recent Examples of coevals The universal hatred comes from the child star’s coevals, whose curiosity about the occupation is mingled with resentment. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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contemporaries
Noun
  • Some of Federer’s contemporaries did attend the ceremony, including Andy Roddick, who lost four major finals to the Swiss star, Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • While her postwar contemporaries Andy Warhol and Donald Judd were embraced by the art establishment and booking shows at commercial galleries, Kusama struggled to gain recognition for years.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of contemporaries

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“Coevals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coevals. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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