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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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. John McCarthy:

   We have even based the stern painting on a real contemporary Dutch painting, Vermeersfamous Milkmaid,painted just one year before the ship was wrecked.

2. Scott Flanders:

   People said, ‘ Oh, we know what Hef likes. He likes this type of photography, ’ and I said, ‘ Well that’s bullshit. That’s like saying he likes the same meatloaf he’s been eating for 25 years. Let’s give him a piece of steak and see if he likes that, ’ and, sure as hell, as soon as they gave Hef more contemporary photography he loved it.

3. Giles Peppiatt:

   The development of modern and contemporary African art certainly is one of the most exciting parts of the art market at the moment.

4. Jorge Luis Borges:

   The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

5. Mary Lawlor:

   Just as its creation marked the beginning of openness in Russia, its closure might signal an end to this period, their criticism of historical and contemporary human rights abuses has for many years made them the target of a government that is ever diminishing the space for public debate.