[noun] a person of nearly the same age as another Synonyms:coeval
[adjective] characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine" Synonyms:modern-day
[adjective] belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" Synonyms:present-day
[adjective] 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" Synonyms:contemporaneous
