contemporary, present-day
(adjective) belonging to the present time; “contemporary leaders”
contemporary, modern-day
(adjective) characteristic of the present; “contemporary trends in design”; “the role of computers in modern-day medicine”
contemporaneous, contemporary
(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”
contemporary, coeval
(noun) a person of nearly the same age as another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
contemporary (comparative more contemporary, superlative most contemporary)
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
Modern, of the present age.
• (from the same time period): contemporaneous; see also contemporary
• (modern): current; see also present
• (from the same time period): anachronistic: in the wrong time period
• (modern): archaic, coming
contemporary (plural contemporaries)
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Something existing at the same time.
(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tem"po*ra*ry, a. Etym: [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. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.
2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.
Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries.
Definition: One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
