coextensive UK /ˌkəʊ.ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/US /ˌkoʊ.ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/ adjective3 •Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.The city and county of San Francisco are coextensive. •Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.His life is almost co-extensive with one of the most disastrous periods in Roman history. — 1946 •Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.