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Synonyms for simultaneous
Synonyms for simultaneous: concurrent and coincident. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for simultaneous
Interchangeable with simultaneous in this sense
Audited under simultaneous's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one simultaneous carries in that sense.
- concurrentadjective, in the sense "occurring at the same moment"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name simultaneous as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- coincidentcoincident is an adjective in the sense "occurring or operating at the same time"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under simultaneous and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
occurring at the same moment
The two explosions were simultaneous, occurring within the same second.
The true synonym
concurrent
Same sentence, swapped: The two explosions were concurrent, occurring within the same second.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- sequential
- distant
- delayed
Where simultaneous turns up in the game
simultaneous is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where simultaneous is the trap
- sequentialadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is consecutive, in the sense "following one after another in a fixed order", and simultaneous is on the board beside it.
Play simultaneous
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so simultaneous reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other time words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. simultaneous carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.