Contemporary Definition
kən-tĕmpə-rĕrē
contemporaries
adjective
Living or happening in the same period of time.
Webster's New World
Of about the same age.
Webster's New World
Of or in the style of the present or recent times; modern.
Webster's New World
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
Wiktionary
Relatively recent.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
contemporaries
A person living in the same period as another or others.
Webster's New World
One of the same time or age.
Shelley and Keats were contemporaries.
American Heritage
A person or thing of about the same age or date of origin as another.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Contemporary
Noun
Singular:
contemporaryPlural:
contemporariesOrigin of Contemporary
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Recorded since 1631, from Medieval Latin contemporarius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporarius (“of time”), from tempus (“time”)
From Wiktionary
Medieval Latin contemporārius Latin com- com- Latin tempus tempor- time Latin -ārius -ary
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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