About The Word Contemporary

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Contemporary

Contemporary Meaning & Definition
Contemporary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contemporary?

[n] a person of nearly the same age as another
[adj] belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
[adj] characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[adj] occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contemporary: coeval | contemporaneous | current | modern | modern-day | present-day(a) | synchronal | synchronic | synchronous

Related Terms | Find terms related to Contemporary: a la mode | abreast | accompanying | actual | advanced | agreeing | as is | associated | attendant | attending | au courant | avant-garde | being | coetaneous | coeternal | coeval | coexistent | coexisting | coincident | coincidental | coinstantaneous | collateral | concomitant | concurrent | connected | contemporaneous | conterminous | coterminous | current | dead heat | draw | existent | existing | extant | far out | fashionable | forward-looking | fresh | immanent | immediate | in | instant | isochronal | isochronous | latest | linked | mod | modern | modernistic | modernized | modish | new | newfangled | newfashioned | novel | now | parallel | present | present-age | present-day | present-time | progressive | red-hot | related | running | simultaneous | streamlined | stylish | synchronal | synchronic | synchronous | that be | that is | tie | topical | trendy | twentieth-century | ultramodern | ultra-ultra | unison | unisonous | up | up-to-date | up-to-datish | up-to-the-minute | way out

See Also | compeer | equal | match | peer

Contemporary In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype. 2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley.
\Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

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