English Explanatory Dictionary

contemporary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
  2. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
noun
  1. Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
  2. Something existing at the same time.
  3. A rival newspaper or magazine.

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/ /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹi/ /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/ En-contemporary.oga LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-contemporary.wav

Word forms

contemporary more contemporary most contemporary contemporaries

Etymology

From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

Synonyms

coetaneous coeval contemporaneous coincident contemporary cotemporal cotemporaneous current modern hodiern present present-day

Antonyms

noncontemporary uncontemporary anachronistic archaic coming

Related words

penecontemporary present

Derived words

adult contemporary contemporarily contemporariness contemporary circus contemporary gospel contemporary R&B contemporize hot adult contemporary noncontemporary penecontemporary precontemporary rhythmic contemporary ultracontemporary uncontemporary urban contemporary

Translations

Armenian: ժամանակակից Azerbaijani: çağdaş Azerbaijani: həməsr Azerbaijani: müasir Bulgarian: съвреме́нник Bulgarian: съвреме́нница Catalan: contemporani Czech: současník Czech: současnice Dutch: tijdgenoot Dutch: tijdgenote Finnish: aikalainen French: contemporain Georgian: თანამედროვე German: Zeitgenosse German: Zeitgenossin Greek: σύγχρονο Ancient Greek: σύγχρονος Hungarian: kortárs Icelandic: jafnaldri Icelandic: samtíðarmaður Irish: comhaois Italian: contemporaneo Northern Kurdish: hevçax Kyrgyz: замандаш Macedonian: современик Malay: sezaman Portuguese: contemporâneo Romanian: contemporan Russian: совреме́нник Russian: совреме́нница Scottish Gaelic: comhaois Spanish: contemporáneo Tagalog: kapanahon Turkish: çağdaş Turkish: çağcıl Ukrainian: сучасник Ukrainian: сучасниця
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