contemporary
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Other meanings
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Synonyms
- modern-day
Related words
- contemporariness
- contemporize
- noncontemporary
- precontemporary
- ultracontemporary
- uncontemporary
- contemporarily
- penecontemporary
- hot adult contemporary
- adult contemporary
- contemporary gospel
- rhythmic contemporary
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "con-" (with, together).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “contemporary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.