Entry Word: contemporary

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 existing or occurring at the same period of time <the absurd notion that early cave dwellers were contemporary with the dinosaurs>

Synonyms coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextensive, concurrent, contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous

Related Words accompanying, attendant, attending, coincident, concomitant

Antonyms noncontemporary

2 being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles <a magazine devoted to contemporary fashions> — see modern