Synonyms for coincide
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To correspond, concur, or agree.
Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.
Related words
- Word family
- coincident coincider
Forms
- Past participle
- coincided
e.g. coincided → corresponded, concurred, agreed, converged…
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To concur is to agree in general; to coincide is to agree in every particular. Whether in application to persons or things, concur tends to expression in action more than coincide; we may either concur or coincide in an opinion, but concur in a decision; views coincide, causes concur.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- correspond I should like to have a friend to correspond with.
- converge All the problems we mentioned converge into one main issue.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| coincide | falling | |
| correspond | steady | |
| converge | rising | |
| cohere | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- agree2, unite2, tally2
- 6 letters
- square1, accord2, concur2, accede2, cohere2
- 7 letters
- conform2, comport2
- 8 letters
- converge2
- 9 letters
- harmonize3, harmonise
- 10 letters
- correspond3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agree2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- coïncider
- Italiano
- coincidere
- Español
- coincidir
- Deutsch
- zusammenfallen
- Català
- coincidir