1. People who are of the same age or who lived during the same period; contemporaries.
Usage: Plural of coaeval; formal or literary usage

Examples

• Shakespeare and Marlowe were coaevals in Elizabethan England.
• The coaevals of the Renaissance shared similar artistic influences.
• She studied the writings of her coaevals to understand the intellectual climate of the era.
• Many of his coaevals went on to become influential scientists.
• The coaevals of that generation witnessed the same historical events.