| ADJECTIVE | all | synchronic, synchronous, synchronal | occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
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| all | synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | |
| all | synchronic | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time |
| Sounds | sihngkraa'nihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase. | |
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| Synonyms | synchronous, synchronal | |
| Narrower | coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous | Of the same period |
| coexistent, coexisting | Existing at the same time | |
| coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous | Occurring or operating at the same time | |
| contemporaneous, contemporary | Occurring in the same period of time | |
| parallel | Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
| synchronic | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time | |
| synchronized, synchronised | operating in unison | |
| See also | synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents |
| Opposite | asynchronous | not synchronous |
| Spanish | sincrónico, síncrono | |
| Catalan | síncron | |
| Nouns | synchrony, synchronicity | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
| Meaning | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents. | |
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| Example | "synchronic linguistics" | |
| Category | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| See also | synchronous, synchronal, synchronic | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
| Opposite | diachronic, historical | Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time |
| Spanish | descriptivo, sincrónico | |
| Meaning | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time. | |
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| Broader | synchronous, synchronal, synchronic | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
| Spanish | sincrónico | |
| Nouns | synchronicity | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
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