Synonyms for contemporary
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Modern — modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’)
modern, present-day, current, present, topical, today's, zeitgeisty informal rare
2. Contemporaneous — from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous
contemporaneous, coeval, synchronic, synchronous, coincident, coetaneous rare, synchronal rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
- adj. 2
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Related words
- Word family
- contemporarily contemporize
- Phrases
- contemporary circus
- Is a kind of
- coexistent
Example sentences
- modern He is hailed as the father of modern anthropology.
- today's We observed osmosis in today's science experiment.
- topical She touched on all the topical subjects.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contemporary | rising | |
| modern | steady | |
| today's | steady | |
| topical | rising | |
| contemporaneous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- modern2, coeval
- 7 letters
- current2, present2, topical3
- 10 letters
- coincident4, synchronic3, zeitgeisty, coetaneous, synchronal
- 11 letters
- synchronous3
- 15 letters
- contemporaneous6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (modern2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contemporain
- Italiano
- contemporaneo
- Español
- contemporáneo
- Deutsch
- gleichzeitig
- Català
- contemporani