contemporary

Definitions

1. adjective

   From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

   Example

   • A neighb'ring Wood born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.
   ≈coetaneous≈coeval≈contemporaneous≠anachronistic
2. adjective

   Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

   ≈current≈modern≈contemporary≈current≈hodiern +5 more
3. noun

   Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

   Examples

   • Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
   • The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
4. noun

   Something existing at the same time.

5. noun

   A rival newspaper or magazine.

   Example

   • Annexation therefore was inevitable; but (as I have said above) it was not necessarily of prime importance in our national policy, and there has been no need to exaggerate-as I fear many of our contemporaries have exaggerated- […]