COINCIDING Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

coinciding 1 of 2

adjective

as in coincident

occupying the same space the coinciding bases of the two triangles

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coinciding

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verb

present participle of coincide

as in accompanying

to occur or exist at the same time the heaviest snowfall of the season coincided with the start of our weeklong ski vacation

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as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point the two lists coincide

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as in agreeing

to have or come to the same opinion or point of view their wishes coincide exactly with my desire

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Recent Examples of coinciding

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Its new edition, which hits shelves on October 23, coinciding with Art Basel Paris, artist Cindy Sherman graces the cover in full Chanel tweed. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 With the festival’s first weekend coinciding with the Brazilian presidential elections, almost every conversation overheard at RioMarket during the event’s early days was intertwined with politics. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Skoden will celebrate Native American culture coinciding with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Fried and his partner are expecting their first child this week, coinciding with Fried starting a Game 3 elimination contest in which the Tampa Bay Rays could knock the Yankees out of the playoffs and end their season. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Black officers constitute less than 9% of the force, coinciding with a decline in the city’s Black population. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Another standalone film, the Ryan Gosling-starring Starfighter, is due out in May 2027, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of A New Hope. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026 Shares of the coffee chain are still up about 11% this year, but have fallen 14% since late August, coinciding with a broader sell-off in consumer stocks as higher gas prices raise concerns about household spending. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Ukraine launched over 1,000 drones at Russia in its largest drone attack of the war, coinciding with the final day of the Russian Duma elections. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coinciding

Adjective

Accelerating human evolution coincident with the development of agriculture increased redheadedness and decreased male-pattern baldness.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
In a separate announcement, but with coincident timing, WestJet also announced a stopover plan in Calgary.

— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of coincident

Verb

With less than two years until the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, serious questions remain about funding and coordination for the Cultural Olympiad, the arts and culture program accompanying the Games.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Anton Corbijn directed the accompanying video filmed in the California desert, which satirizes U2 as a religious cult in which women do all the heavy lifting.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of accompanying

Verb

When the food is ready, the order number appears on a screen above the kiosks as well as on individual screens at each corresponding stall.

— Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Abhishek Menon, the study’s corresponding author and a graduate student, said solving the engineering challenges associated with heavier ions could also simplify trapping lighter species.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of corresponding

Verb

Hori closed the spa and settled his case with New Mexico in 2025, agreeing to pay $350,000 in restitution to customers.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
But Trump’s broadsides against Ukraine this week, while agreeing a diesel deal with Russia, obscure Washington’s broader plan to end the war, The Washington Post’s David Ignatius reported.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of agreeing

Adjective

How do cells with the same underlying molecular handedness produce bodies that can develop in opposite directions?

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
But the lesson of these recent developments is that, at some point, the US may have to look seriously at the underlying problem creating this mess in the first place.

— Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of underlying

Verb

But while fans wait to see what happens, Davies, despite no longer being involved in the show, assured that a new series was definitely happening and there wouldn’t be too long to wait.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
There’s plenty of other awful things happening in the episode, almost all of them revolving around Sai.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

These do convey a sense of disassociation fitting for a woman like Colette, who seems to leave her body in the midst of her degrading work, but in this case, the repetition does not build or reveal more emotion.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Navigation aside, the mechanism also gives engineers a way to produce powerful movements without fitting a larger motor.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fitting

Verb

How did Dill sign up after collaborating with the directors on Free Solo?

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The school’s Medical Club began this year collaborating with the Health Career Collaborative’s Chicago chapter and Loyola University medical students to mentor students on different health topics and career pathways.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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