Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contemporary

1 sense of contemporary

Sense 1
contemporary, coeval -- (a person of nearly the same age as another)
       => peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

Antonyms of adj contemporary

3 senses of contemporary

Sense 1
contemporary, modern-day -- (characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine")

INDIRECT (VIA modern) -> nonmodern -- (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)

Sense 2
contemporary, present-day (prenominal) -- (belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders")

INDIRECT (VIA current) -> noncurrent -- (not current or belonging to the present time)

Sense 3
contemporaneous, contemporary -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA synchronous) -> asynchronous -- (not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

Similarity of adj contemporary

3 senses of contemporary

Sense 1
contemporary, modern-day -- (characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine")
       => modern (vs. nonmodern) -- (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric")

Sense 2
contemporary, present-day (prenominal) -- (belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders")
       => current (vs. noncurrent) -- (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position")

Sense 3
contemporaneous, contemporary -- (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")
       => synchronous (vs. asynchronous), synchronal, synchronic -- (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations")