contemporary
adjective
[ kənˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)i ]
• living or occurring at the same time.
• "the event was recorded by a contemporary historian"
• belonging to or occurring in the present.
• "the tension and complexities of our contemporary society"
Similar:
modern,
present-day,
present,
current,
present-time,
immediate,
extant,
up to date,
up to the minute,
fashionable,
latest,
recent,
ultra-modern,
newfangled,
modish,
voguish,
in vogue,
à la mode,
bang up to date,
with it,
contemporary
noun
• a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.
• "he was a contemporary of Darwin"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin contemporarius, from con- ‘together with’ + tempus, tempor- ‘time’ (on the pattern of Latin contemporaneus and late Latin contemporalis ).
