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 Instead of bringing Macdonald’s contemporaries in for original sit-downs, Apatow goes to the clips from countless podcasts and video shows in which those contemporaries reflected on and celebrated Macdonald. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Percherette’s contemporaries are the characters in Jane Austen’s novels, and those girls just live in their home and sometimes go to the nextdoor neighbor’s home. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 One of Cohen's contemporaries was another Israeli national, named Omer Gur, owner of a larger group of stores along the East Coast, including Orogold Cosmetics locations. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 What did Percherette think of her fictional contemporaries, those who lived in the Austen novels, dreaming of love? — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 Marlon Brando Clift and Brando were both contemporaries and, at times, acting rivals. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Bill Flanagan solicited the interviews with various people, some of whom are friends or contemporaries, some of whom were not, like Jim James. — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Where does the discipline come from to keep working when many of your contemporaries are choosing to stop? — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporaries

Noun

Directed by Kei Oikawa and adapted from the popular manga by Nagano, the fantasy feature follows the titular character and companions venturing to a remote island retreat before unraveling a supernatural peril.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
That sense of joy is carried over to its three companions on the EP.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of companions

Noun

Even after the setback, young households remained wealthier than their counterparts were before the pandemic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

Baizhan tells me that Kazakh women were traditionally the equals of men.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
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