Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.

synonyms: synchronal, synchronous.

Roget 120: synchronous, synchronal^†, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical^†; simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent; coeval, coevous^†; contemporary, contemporaneous; coetaneous^†; coeternal; isochronous.    ... show more

Dutch: synchroon
Polish: symultaniczny, paralelny, jednoczesny, równoczesny, równoległy, współbieżny, synchroniczny, izochroniczny

Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents.

of taxa Occurring in the same period of geological time.