existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time

Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.

of about the same age or date

a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand.

of the present time; modern

a lecture on the contemporary novel.

a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others.

a person of the same age as another.

adjective

old , old-fashioned , past , preceding , future , succeeding

adjective

abreast , la mode , au courant , contempo , current , existent , extant , hot off press , in fashion , instant , in vogue , just out , latest , leading-edge , mod * , new , newfangled , now , present , present-day , recent , red-hot * , state-of-the-art * , today , topical , ultramodern , up * , up-to-date , up-to-the-minute , voguish , with it *notes:contemporary can be predicated of persons , conditions , or events; contemporaneous is predicable only of occurrences or events , accompanying , associated , attendant , coetaneous , coeval , coexistent , coexisting , coincident , concomitant , concurrent , connected , contemporaneous , linked , related , simultaneous , synchronal , synchronic , synchronousnotes:contemporary can be predicated of persons , synchronous , existing , mod , modern , aversion , coeternal , coincidental , conjugate , hatred , isochronous , stigma

noun

coeval , modern