contemporary

 
  Grep  of  noun  contemporary 
  contemporary 
  contemporary  world 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contemporary 
 
  The  noun  contemporary  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  contemporary,  coeval  --  (a  person  of  nearly  the  same  age  as  another) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  contemporary 
 
  The  adj  contemporary  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  contemporary,  modern-day  --  (characteristic  of  the  present;  "contemporary  trends  in  design";  "the  role  of  computers  in  modern-day  medicine") 
  2.  (5)  contemporary,  present-day  --  (belonging  to  the  present  time;  "contemporary  leaders") 
  3.  (1)  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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  contemporary 
 
  3  senses  of  contemporary 
 
  Sense  1 
  contemporary,  modern-day 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  modern)  ->  nonmodern 
 
  Sense  2 
  contemporary,  present-day(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  current)  ->  noncurrent 
 
  Sense  3 
  contemporaneous,  contemporary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  synchronous)  ->  asynchronous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  contemporary 
 
  3  senses  of  contemporary 
 
  Sense  1 
  contemporary,  modern-day 
  =>  modern  (vs.  nonmodern) 
 
  Sense  2 
  contemporary,  present-day(postnominal) 
  =>  current  (vs.  noncurrent) 
 
  Sense  3 
  contemporaneous,  contemporary 
  =>  synchronous  (vs.  asynchronous),  synchronal,  synchronic 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  contemporary 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  contemporary 
 
  contemporary  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  contemporary 
  contemporary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  contemporary 
 
  The  noun  contemporary  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  contemporary,  coeval  --  (a  person  of  nearly  the  same  age  as  another) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  contemporary 
 
  The  adj  contemporary  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  contemporary,  modern-day  --  (characteristic  of  the  present;  "contemporary  trends  in  design";  "the  role  of  computers  in  modern-day  medicine") 
  2.  (5)  contemporary,  present-day  --  (belonging  to  the  present  time;  "contemporary  leaders") 
  3.  (1)  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") 

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