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 Some of Federer’s contemporaries did attend the ceremony, including Andy Roddick, who lost four major finals to the Swiss star, Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 While her postwar contemporaries Andy Warhol and Donald Judd were embraced by the art establishment and booking shows at commercial galleries, Kusama struggled to gain recognition for years. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Britton was just one in an endless outpouring of grief over Parton’s death, as her costars, contemporaries, and friends all remembered the country legend. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Parton later provided a permission structure for genre contemporaries – including Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris – to do the same. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Bonanno, one of its original members, is said to have eschewed the pomp and public appearances of his contemporaries and remained a low-profile figure into the 1950s. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 Our second president, John Adams, was said to have had a sarcastic demeanor and made biting remarks about his contemporaries. — John Blumenthal, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 No bear population, even one as obviously robust as the Southern one, could withstand the withering assaults of very many Colliers and his contemporaries. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Turner shows how Brand and his countercultural contemporaries transformed the computer from a symbol of military bureaucracy into an emblem of personal freedom and self-expression. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

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Then there's the emergence of artificial intelligence chatbots and companions that create a host of other concerns for underage usage, but that aren't generally considered part of the social media industry.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
The company describes these products as interactive companions that go beyond conventional robots, with features designed to sense their surroundings and initiate simple forms of engagement.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of companions

Noun

This is where these cars actually outshine their Western counterparts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
As a result, unlike their civilian counterparts, some troops can see their paychecks change many times a year, depending on many factors — something that also increases the likelihood of errors.

— Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026