noun
- A person of nearly the same age as another.
- synonyms: coeval
adjective
- Characteristic of the present.
- usage: "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
- synonyms: modern-day
- Belonging to the present time.
- usage: "contemporary leaders"
- synonyms: present-day
- Occurring in the same period of time.
- usage: "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
- synonyms: contemporaneous
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