synchronous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SYNCHRONOUS

existing or occurring at the same period of time <the synchronous arrival of a baby sister and loss of a beloved grandmother strongly affected the child>

Synonyms coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, coincident, coincidental, concurrent, contemporaneous, coterminous, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronous

Related Words accompanying, attendant, attending, concomitant, incident

Antonyms asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous, nonsynchronous

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