1. Characteristic of the present
   "contemporary trends in design"
   - modern-day 
2. Belonging to the present time
   "contemporary leaders"
   - present-day 
3. Occurring in the same period of time
   "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
   - contemporaneous

1. A person of nearly the same age as another
   - coeval

Derived forms: contemporaries

See also: current, modern, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous

Type of: compeer, equal, match, peer

Encyclopedia: Contemporary

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