contemporary
Other forms: contemporaries; contemporarily
Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art.
In history class, if you hear that one famous person was a contemporary of another, that means they lived at the same time. Contemporaries are people and things from the same time period. Contemporary can also describe things happening now or recently. It's common to speak of contemporary music or contemporary furniture, for example. Those things are new, not old. Anything characteristic of the present day can be called contemporary.
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occurring in the same period of time“the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart”
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synonyms:
contemporaneous
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synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
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synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
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belonging to the present time
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characteristic of the present“contemporary trends in design”
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synonyms:
modern-day
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modern
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
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modern
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a person of nearly the same age as another
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Vocabulary lists containing contemporary
In this essay, the award-winning author of Bless Me, Ultima shares his thoughts on how descriptions of different cultures are often censored to appeal to mainstream publishers and readers.
Sixteen-year old Sarah is thrown into an existential crisis as she struggles to regain her artistic abilities while struggling with her parents' toxic relationship in the urban ruins of Philadelphia.
This interwoven novel of short stories explores the relationships and love lives of teenagers during a blackout on a hot summer night in New York City.
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