contemporary

contemporary is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Adjective

Positive contemporary

Comparative more contemporary

Superlative most contemporary

1. If something is contemporary it is related to this time (now).

   Pramod Ganpatye is one of those rare artists who has a great knowledge of the sources of our contemporary art.

2. If $x$ is contemporary with $y$, they happened at the same time.

   They are sources that are contemporary or near contemporary with the period being studied.

Synonyms

• modern

Noun

Singular contemporary

Plural contemporaries

1. (countable) Somebody's contemporary is a person who lived at or near the same time.

   This is what made Marx so different from his socialist contemporaries.