coincidental
/ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/
coincidental adjective: occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
Adjective
coincidental (comparative more coincidental, superlative most coincidental)
- Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
- Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came...2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN
- Happening or existing at the same time.
coincidental meaning in Malayalam
coincidental in Malayalam
- accidental, chance, fluky
- അവിചാരിതമായ, യദൃച്ഛ, യാദൃച്ഛികമായ, സമ്പാതിയായ, കാഥംചിൽക, ഏകകാലത്തു സംഭവിക്കുന്ന
- simultaneous, concurrent, coincident
- ഒരേ കാലത്തു സംഭവിക്കുന്ന, ഏകകാലിക, പരസ്പരം യോജിക്കുന്ന, ആകസ്മികമായി ഒരുമിച്ചു സംഭവിക്കുന്ന, ഒന്നിച്ചുള്ള, സമകാലികമായ
Forms of coincidental
| comparative | more coincidental |
|---|---|
| superlative | most coincidental |
Origin of coincidental
From co- + incidental.
Words formed from coincidental
Words that rhyme with coincidental
- mental
- transcendental
- accidental
- complemental
- gentle
- elemental
- oriental
- rental
- trental
- continental
- dental
- experimental
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- instrumental
- incruental
- lentil
- predental
- temperamental
- bidental
- cental
- decremental
- documental
- emolumental
- environmental
- firmamental
- interdental
- interdepartmental
- judgmental
- occidental
- parliamental
- pseudodental
- submental
- supradental
- addental
- adjustmental
- advectional
- affectational
- agro-environmental
- alimental
- alveolodental
- amental
- antidental
- apartmental
- apicodental
- aplacental
- argental
- argumental
- atlantodental
- atramental
- bimental
- bioenvironmental
- biparental
- cemental
- cervicomental
- cliental
- compartmental
- componental
- craniodental
- departmental
- developmental
- diaplacental
Questions about coincidental
- What does coincidental mean?
- Coincidental means occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
- What is coincidental in Malayalam?
- Coincidental in Malayalam is അവിചാരിതമായ, യദൃച്ഛ, യാദൃച്ഛികമായ. See Coincidental meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is coincidental?
- Coincidental is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce coincidental?
- Coincidental is pronounced /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/ (UK).
Words near coincidental in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coincidental (page history and authors); coincidental (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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