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Core quality
Naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
Example
Rapid growth brought concomitant pressure on housing.
concomitant
/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ · kun-KOM-ih-tuntadjective
Naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
Use concomitant to express this relationship precisely: naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
What concomitant Really Means
The word becomes easier to use when its closely related senses are separated and compared.
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Attributive or predicative use
Use this adjective before a suitable noun or after a linking verb such as be or seem.
Example
The treatment reduced pain and its concomitant anxiety.
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Analytical distinction
Choose it when this exact descriptive quality matters; a related word may overlap without conveying the same trait.
Example
Industrialization and concomitant urban change reshaped the region.
Use concomitant Naturally
Notice how the surrounding noun or clause reveals the exact shade of meaning.
Rapid growth brought concomitant pressure on housing.
The treatment reduced pain and its concomitant anxiety.
Industrialization and concomitant urban change reshaped the region.
Precision Matters
Concomitant overlaps with several common words, but each carries a different emphasis.
concomitant
vs.Means naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
consequential
Means important or significant, especially because of the effects or consequences that follow.
concomitant
vs.Means naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
subsequent
Means coming after something else in time or order.
concomitant
vs.Means naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
contingent on
Means dependent on a particular condition, event, or requirement being satisfied.
concomitant
vs.Means naturally accompanying, associated with, or occurring alongside something else.
intrinsic
Means belonging naturally to the essential character of something rather than arising from external circumstances.
Test concomitant in Context
The rise naturally accompanied and occurred alongside the expansion, rather than following it later.
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The industrial expansion and its ___ rise in housing costs occurred together throughout the decade.