coequals

noun

plural of coequal
as in equivalents
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value viewing himself as the coequal of the Caesars of ancient Rome, Napoléon surrounded himself with the emblems of classical antiquity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequals
  1. equivalents
  2. counterparts
  3. partners
  4. equals
  5. colleagues
  6. peers
  7. coordinates
Noun
  • The analysis looked at 32 brand-name drugs sold through TrumpRx that lacked generic or biosimilar equivalents.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Dune reports that the total supply of tokenized real-world assets has exceeded $34 billion in 2026, and major categories—including cash equivalents and commodities—have more than doubled over the past year.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of equivalents
Noun
  • Florida public school teachers are the second-worst paid in the nation, pulling only slightly more than their counterparts in Mississippi, according to the National Education Association.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The 64-year-old suggests she was held to a different standard than her male counterparts.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of counterparts
Noun
  • The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • While the new country’s first decade set the stage for violent conflict, there was a time when the societies were learning from each other, shaping each other, and negotiating as near equals.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In this way, Rovelli recognizes them as the equals of Plato, Aristotle and others in their ability to penetrate difficult questions of reality but doing so from a different perspective.
    — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of equals
Noun
  • Its inclusion in the corridors of power is characteristic of the 52-year-old executive, whom colleagues describe as committed, charismatic and down-to-earth.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside learning the requirements of a new role and meeting new colleagues, those moving internationally must also adapt to a new culture and potentially learn a new language.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • This twin achievement of expanding its treasury and posting outsize shareholder returns puts the Hyperliquid DAT in stark contrast to its peers.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Long-lived healthy adults tend to have microbiomes that are richer in bacterial diversity than those of their chronological peers, with the former having gut bacteria that look more like those of younger, healthier adults.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Because the malware reads those touch coordinates at a low level, protections that normally hide PIN digits from screen readers do not stop this technique.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As recent writing on dance and cognition suggests, choreography is not simply a map of moving coordinates.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of coordinates
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“Coequals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequals. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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