'Contemporary' definitions:
Definition of 'contemporary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine" [syn: contemporary, modern-day]
adjective
Belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn: contemporary, present-day(a)]
adjective
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" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
noun
A person of nearly the same age as another [syn: contemporary, coeval]
Definition of 'Contemporary'
From: GCIDE
- Contemporary \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. [1913 Webster]
- This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of the same age; coeval. [1913 Webster]
- A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contemporary'
From: GCIDE
- Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. Contemporaries.
- 1. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a person of nearly the same age as another.
- Syn: coeval. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'contemporary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- ultra-ultra,
- ultramodern,
- unison,
- unisonous,
- up,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-datish,
- up-to-the-minute,
- way out