contemporary
1. con.tem.po.rary \k*n-'tem-p*-.rer-e-\ aj [com- + L tempor-, tempus] 1:
happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same perio d
of time 2a: SIMULTANEOUS 2b: marked by characteristics of the present
period : MODERN OUS, SIMULTANEOUS, COINCIDENT mean existing or occurring at
the same time. CONTEMPORARY is likely to apply to people and what relates
to them CONTEMPORANEOUS to events; both suggest time spans measured in
years; COEVAL refers usu. to periods, ages, eras, eons; SYNCHRONOUS implies
exact correspondence in time and esp. in periodic intervals; SIMULTANEOUS
implies correspondence in instant of time; COINCIDENT stresses
simultaneousness of events and may be used in order to avoid implication of
causal relationship SYN syn CONTEMPORARY, CONTEMPORANEOUS, COEVAL, SYNCHRON
2. contemporary n 1: one that is contemporary with another 2: one of the
same or nearly the same age as another