concomitant
Other forms: concomitants; concomitantly
Concomitant means "accompanying." If you run into someone that you have a crush on, you might feel nervousness with a concomitant forgetfulness.
Concomitant is one of those Latin-based words you can break down into little pieces: con means "with," and comit means "companion." So something that is concomitant is like the companion of the main event. If you start training really hard at the gym, the main effect is that you become stronger, but there are concomitant effects, like better circulation, or a rosy glow, or getting happy from all those endorphins you’re releasing.
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following or accompanying as a consequencesynonyms: accompanying, attendant, consequent, corollary, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequentsubsequentfollowing in time or order
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an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anothersynonyms: accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrencetypes:associateany event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with anotherbackgroundrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situationtype of:
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