Simultaneous

English

Adjective

Simultaneous (not comparable)

1. Occurring or transpiring at the same time.

Thesaurus

accessory, accompanying, agreeing, associated, attendant, attending, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coinciding, coinstantaneous, collateral, combined, concomitant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, correlative, coterminous, coupled, fellow, isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, mutual, paired, parallel, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, twin, unison, unisonous

Etymology

From Medieval Latin simultaneus, from simultim (“at the same time, extended”), from Latin simul (“together, at the same time”); compare similar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɪm.əlˈteɪ̯n.i.əs/, SAMPA: /sIm.@l"teIn.i.@s/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsaɪ̯m.əlˈteɪ̯n.i.əs/
• Rhymes: -eɪniəs

Derived terms

• simultaneously
• simultaneity

Translations

at the same time

Arabic: معًا (máʕan) Chinese: 同時, 同时 (tóngshí) Czech: současný (cs) Dutch: gelijktijdig (nl), simultaan (nl) Finnish: samanaikainen (fi) French: simultané (fr) Georgian: თანადროული (ka) (tanadrouli) German: gleichzeitig (de), simultan (de) Indonesian: bersamaan (id) Italian: simultaneo (it) Japanese: 同時の, 同じの (どうじの, dōji no) Korean: 동시적인 (dongsijeokin)

Manx: cofraueagh (gv) Polish: równoczesny (pl) m., jednoczesny (pl) m. Portuguese: simultâneo (pt) Russian: одновременный (ru) (odnovrémmenyj) Scottish Gaelic: co-amail (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: си̏мулта̄н (sh), исто̀времен (sh), исто̀добан (sh) Roman: sȉmultān (sh), istòvremen (sh), istòdoban (sh) Spanish: simultáneo (es) Swedish: samtidig (sv)