CONTEMPORARY
Dictionary entry overview: What does contemporary mean?
• CONTEMPORARY (noun)
The noun CONTEMPORARY has 1 sense:
1. a person of nearly the same age as another
Familiarity information: CONTEMPORARY used as a noun is very rare.
• CONTEMPORARY (adjective)
The adjective CONTEMPORARY has 3 senses:
1. characteristic of the present
2. belonging to the present time
3. occurring in the same period of time
Familiarity information: CONTEMPORARY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONTEMPORARY (noun)
Meaning:
A person of nearly the same age as another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
coeval; contemporary
Hypernyms ("contemporary" is a kind of...):
compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)
• CONTEMPORARY (adjective)
Meaning:
Characteristic of the present
Synonyms:
contemporary; modern-day
Context examples:
contemporary trends in design / the role of computers in modern-day medicine
Similar:
modern (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages)
Meaning:
Belonging to the present time
Synonyms:
present-day; contemporary
Context example:
contemporary leaders
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Meaning:
Occurring in the same period of time
Synonyms:
contemporaneous; contemporary
Context examples:
a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation / the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
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