coterminous

[ koh-tur-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. having the same border or covering the same area.
2. being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope.

coterminous

/ kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs /

adjective

1. having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
2. coextensive or coincident in range, time, scope, etc

Other Words From

• co·termi·nous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of coterminous¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; re-formation of conterminous ( def ); co-

Example Sentences

It's also plausible that at some point you've inhaled Helms' presence in the somewhat raunchier "Hangover" movies, a smash-hit trilogy exactly coterminous with the latter years of "The Office."

From Salon

While satellite imagery has been around for decades, without recent advances in cloud computing, Lark says it was impossible to classify the nearly 2 billion acres of land in the coterminous U.S.

From Science Daily

And although it’s inextricable from wealth, the power to achieve such freedom is not exactly coterminous with one’s net worth — a force that explains the extent of the celebrity endorsement industrial complex more satisfactorily than money alone.

From Los Angeles Times

Wilson mistakenly assumed that “nations” and “peoples” are synonyms, or that they designate coterminous entities.

From Washington Post

Consensus is not always coterminous with truth.

From Slate

Related Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• neighboring