contemporary

modif.

1. Occurring at the same time

   contemporaneous, synchronous, coeval, simultaneous, coexistent, coincident, concurrent, co-occurring, synchronal, synchronic, coetaneous, coexisting; see also simultaneous.

2. Current

   modern, present, up-to-date, à la mode; see modern 1, 3.

contemporary and contemporaneous both mean existing or happening at the same period of time, contemporary (often applied to the present) referring more often to persons or their works, and contemporaneous, to events; coeval implies extension over the same period of time when a remote time or very long duration is involved; synchronous implies exact correspondence in time of occurrence or rate of movement; simultaneous implies occurrence at the same brief interval of time

contemporary

n.