Thesaurus results for CONTEMPORARIES

contemporaries

noun

plural of contemporary

as in companions

a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809

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Recent Examples of contemporaries Everyone in Shudder to Think says Wade got the ball rolling for the band’s reunion, which the drummer acknowledges grew out of his envy watching friends and contemporaries in groups like Velocity Girl and Pavement get back together. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 In case there was any doubt, that’s more horsepower and torque than GM’s contemporaries at Ram or Ford. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026 Oeffling humbly downplays the appeal of his music, which has a familiar, early 2000s aesthetic that sounds indebted to the spirit of Yo La Tengo and Broken Social Scene, as well as contemporaries like Alex G. — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Doctors of the time were woefully unable to treat her—and their contemporaries were notoriously unkind about her condition. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Moore received a mid-movie applause break for one particularly stratospheric monologue, leading many of my contemporaries to declare the Best Actress race over. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 There are great stories littered throughout involving Biggie, Nas, Big Daddy Kane, Irv Gotti and other contemporaries. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Plant paid special attention to forebears and contemporaries. — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 Ditka has been losing contemporaries since July of 1964, when Willie Gallimore’s Volkswagen swerved and rolled, killing Gallimore and Bo Farrington in a training camp tragedy. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporaries

Noun

The player’s dining companions included his wife, Mariah Riddlesprigger, as well as hospitality guru David Grutman, who owns the Japanese steakhouse with Bad Bunny.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
The remains of Smith's two backcountry companions, Brent Rosenkranz, 42, and John Giusti, 46, both of Granbury, Texas, were found earlier.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of companions

Noun

While the new country’s first decade set the stage for violent conflict, there was a time when the societies were learning from each other, shaping each other, and negotiating as near equals.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
In this way, Rovelli recognizes them as the equals of Plato, Aristotle and others in their ability to penetrate difficult questions of reality but doing so from a different perspective.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026