Definition of contemporary Contemporary

/kʌntɛˈmpɚɛˌɹi/ - [kuntempereree] - con•tem•po•rar•y

We found 17 definitions of contemporary from 5 different sources.

What does contemporary mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: contemporaries
contemporary - a person of nearly the same age as another
		coeval
		compeer, equal, peer, match a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Adjective
contemporary - belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"
		present-day
contemporary - characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
		modern-day
contemporary - 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"
		contemporaneous
		synchronal, synchronous, synchronic occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"

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Wiktionary

contemporary (Noun)
Someone living at the same time.
contemporary (Noun)
Any creature living at the same time.
contemporary (Noun)
Something existing at the same time.
contemporary (Noun)
Someone of roughly the same age as another.
contemporary (Adjective)
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
contemporary (Adjective)
Modern, of the present age.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

contemporary (a.)
Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
contemporary (a.)
Of the same age; coeval.
contemporary (n.)
One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

contemporary
Belonging to the present time.
contemporary
From the same time period than another person or thing.
contemporary
Someone living at the same time.

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contemporary, noun, singular of contemporaries.

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