What does contemporary mean in English? Meaning of contemporary definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "contemporary": a person of nearly the same age as another
Noun
Meaning: a person of nearly the same age as anotherSynonyms: coeval
contemporaryHypernyms: compeer
equal
match
peerMeaning of "contemporary": characteristic of the present
Adjective
Meaning: characteristic of the presentExample: contemporary trends in design
the role of computers in modern-day medicineSynonyms: contemporary
modern-daySimilar: modernMeaning of "contemporary": belonging to the present time
Adjective
Meaning: belonging to the present timeExample: contemporary leadersSynonyms: contemporary
present-daySimilar: currentMeaning of "contemporary": occurring in the same period of time
Adjective
Meaning: occurring in the same period of timeExample: a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
the composer Salieri was contemporary with MozartSynonyms: contemporaneous
contemporarySimilar: synchronal
synchronic
synchronousAdjective: From the same time period, coexistent in time. Cowley A grove born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees. Strype This king was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.Cowley A grove born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.Strype This king was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.Modern, of the present age. 2012 January 1, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 23: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year. 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, The Onion AV Club: Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.2012 January 1, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 23: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, The Onion AV Club: Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.Relatively recentSynonyms:
new, present-day, instant, current, present, recent, mod, now, latest, abreast, au courant, extant, in vogue, newfangled, red-hot, state-of-the-art, topical, ultramodern, up-to-date, with it, existent, up-to-the-minute, today, up, contempo, hot off press, in fashion, just out, leading-edge, voguish, à la mode, current, coeval, concomitant, attendant, present, accompanying, coincident, concurrent, connected, linked, related, simultaneous, synchronous, coetaneous, coexistent, contemporaneous, synchronic, associated, coexisting, synchronal,
Antonyms:
future, old-fashioned, preceding, old, past, succeeding, old-fashioned, preceding, future, past, absent, old, succeeding,
