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con·com·i·tant I. \kənˈkäməd.ənt, (ˈ)kän|k-, -mətənt also -mətənt\ adjective Etymology: Latin concomitant-, concomitans, present participle of concomitari to accompany, from com- + comitari, from comit-, comes companion — more at count : accompanying or attending especially in a subordinate or incidental way : occurring along with or at the same time as and with or without causal relationship < the scholastic belief that man is a child of God and … the concomitant belief that all men are brothers — Hardin Craig > Synonyms: see contemporary II. noun (-s) 1. : something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with another : accompaniment < tuberculosis, hookworm, and infant mortality — the pathological concomitants of pauperism — Oscar Handlin > 2. archaic : associate, companion |