CONTEMPORARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person of nearly the same age as another
   Synonym(s)
   • coeval (what does coeval mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) contemporary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • peer (what does peer mean?)
   • equal (what does equal mean?)
   • match (what does match mean?)
   • compeer (what does compeer mean?)

CONTEMPORARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • belonging to the present time
   Synonym(s)
   • present-day(a) (what does present-day(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • contemporary leaders
   Similar To
   • current (what does current mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characteristic of the present
   Synonym(s)
   • modern-day (what does modern-day mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • contemporary trends in design
   • the role of computers in modern-day medicine
   Similar To
   • modern (what does modern mean?)
3. Meaning
   • occurring in the same period of time
   Synonym(s)
   • contemporaneous (what does contemporaneous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
   • the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
   Similar To
   • synchronous (what does synchronous mean?)
   • synchronal (what does synchronal mean?)
   • synchronic (what does synchronic mean?)