Synonyms for contemporize

Most common

update · adapt

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context

Related words

Word family

contemporary

Other spellings

contemporise UK

Forms

Past participle

contemporized
e.g. contemporized → updated, adapted, synchronized…

Example sentences

• update My browser keeps prompting me to install an update.
• adapt We must adapt our plan to these new circumstances.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

adapt²

6 letters

update²

11 letters

synchronize³, synchronise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adapt² = 2 syllables).