contemporary

contemporary
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. simultaneous; coexistent, contemporaneous, coeval, synchronous, coincident, concomitant. See time, synchronism.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Occurring at the same time]
Syn. contemporaneous, synchronous, coeval, simultaneous, coexistent, coincident, concurrent, co-occurring, synchronal, synchronic, coetaneous, coexisting; see also simultaneous .
2. [Current]
Syn. modern, present, up-to-date, ? la mode; see modern 1 , 3 .
Syn.- contemporary and contemporaneous both mean existing or happening at the same period of time, contemporary (often applied to the present) referring more often to persons or their works, and contemporaneous , to events; coeval implies extension over the same period of time when a remote time or very long duration is involved; synchronous implies exact correspondence in time of occurrence or rate of movement; simultaneous implies occurrence at the same brief interval of time n.
Syn. peer, coeval, fellow, counterpart; see equal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. modern present-day, up-to-date, here and now, current, late, *hot, new, *cutting edge, recent, now, *fresh as today, extant.
2. coexisting coincident, attending, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, of the same time.
ANT.: 1. old, yesterday, historical, past, ancient
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Belonging to the same period of time as another: coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, concurrent, contemporaneous, synchronic, synchronous. See TIME. 2. Existing or occurring at the same moment: coincident, simultaneous. See TIME. 3. In existence now: current, existent, existing, new, now, present1, present-day. See TIME. 4. Characteristic of recent times or informed of what is current: au courant, current, mod, modern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute. See KNOWLEDGE, NEW. II noun 1. One of the same time or age as another: coeval. See TIME. 2. A person of the present age: modern. See NEW, TIME.

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