contemporary

²contemporary

noun

plural contemporar·ies

Definition of CONTEMPORARY

1

: one that is contemporary with another

2

: one of the same or nearly the same age as another

Examples of CONTEMPORARY

1. He was a contemporary of George Washington.
2. She is politically very different from most of her contemporaries.

First Known Use of CONTEMPORARY

1638

Related to CONTEMPORARY

Synonyms: coeval

Related Words: accompaniment, companion, concomitant; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, match, peer, rival

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