Synonyms for contemporary
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1. contemporaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

   Antonyms:
   anachronistic, archaic

2. contemporaryadjective

   From the same time period, coexistent in time.

   Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

   Antonyms:
   archaic, anachronistic

3. contemporaryadjective

   Modern, of the present age.

   The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

   Antonyms:
   archaic, anachronistic

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1. contemporary, coevaladjective

   a person of nearly the same age as another

   Synonyms:
   coeval

   Antonyms:
   asynchronous, noncurrent, nonmodern

2. contemporary, modern-dayadjective

   characteristic of the present

   "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, modern-day, present-day(a)

   Antonyms:
   nonmodern, noncurrent, asynchronous

3. contemporary, present-day(a)adjective

   belonging to the present time

   "contemporary leaders"

   Antonyms:
   nonmodern, asynchronous, noncurrent

4. contemporaneous, contemporaryadjective

   occurring in the same period of time

   "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, coeval, coetaneous, modern-day, present-day(a)

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, nonmodern, asynchronous

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   Submitted by rinat on September 8, 2019  

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1. contemporaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

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1. contemporaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, coeval

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1. List of paraphrases for "contemporary":

   contemporain, modern, contemporaneous, contemporaine, coeval, contemporaines, modern-day, hyundai, present-day, current

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1. Donnacha Dennehy:

   They should be collected for schoolchildren, they're the most vivid contemporary accounts.

2. Spela Videcnik:

   It's like creating a contemporary cathedral in some ways.

3. Ross Urwin:

   China's design aesthetic is evolving at such an accelerated rate and one of the key motivations is the desire for the expression of individuality, within the lifestyle and design sector, this is being achieved by combining contemporary, mid-century and classic furniture with limited edition pieces to create an eclectic, personalized interior environment.

4. Irina Bokova:

   We see today that heritage and culture comes sometimes into the forefront of conflict, the deliberate destruction, what we are seeing today in Iraq and Syria, has reached unprecedented levels in contemporary history.

5. Pope Francis:

   The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.