contemporary

Meaning

Adj

1. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
2. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

Noun

1. Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
2. Something existing at the same time.
3. (dated) Something existing at the same time.

Opposite of

anachronistic, archaic, coming

Synonyms

modern

coeval

current

contemporaneous

peer

synchronous

present

simultaneous

present-day

new

🆕

advanced

modern-day

up-to-date

coincident

concurring

common

coincidental

fashionable

age-mate

agemate

concomitant

recent

of the same age

cotemporary

peer group

Modern

the then

avant-garde

coetaneous

coexistent

coexisting

concurrent

generation

isochronal

isochronous

later

latter-day

living

modish

newfangled

stylish

up to date

with-it

being alive

of the time

of today

corresponding period

same period

same class

Translations

contemporain

contemporaneo

contemporáneo

contemporâneo

zeitgenössisch

contemporani

Zeitgenosse

çağdaş

σύγχρονος

eigentijds

contemporânea

coetaneo

معاصر

Altersgenosse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹəɹ.i/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

Sentences

The ecological crisis is central to this social analysis of the contemporary period .

Although bawdy , they present a vivid picture of contemporary manners .

Rabb notes that few contemporary Stuart historians would argue with Stone's assessment .