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See definition of contemporary on Dictionary.com
  • adj.modern
  • adj.existing, occurring at same time

synonyms for contemporary

  • new
  • present-day
  • current
  • instant
  • latest
  • mod
  • now
  • present
  • recent
  • today
  • abreast
  • au courant
  • contempo
  • existent
  • extant
  • hot off the press
  • in fashion
  • in vogue
  • just out
  • leading-edge
  • newfangled
  • red-hot
  • state-of-the-art
  • topical
  • ultramodern
  • up
  • up-to-date
  • up-to-the-minute
  • voguish
  • with it
On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to contemporary, such as: new, present-day, current, instant, latest, and mod.

antonyms for contemporary

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  • future
  • old
  • past
  • old-fashioned
  • preceding
  • succeeding
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How to use contemporary in a sentence

Brokerages get paid for their customers’ orders from market makers—contemporary versions of what Madoff’s trading company was.
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If Robins had been a contemporary of Peter Gethers, he might have been a candidate for the Rotisserie League.
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In contemporary times, researchers have sought to understand the ways in which rituals bind people together.
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Price does not contain all relevant information for many shoppers in a contemporary supermarket.
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Which is why Haile’s contemporaries have been mostly forgiving about Scroll, the ad-free subscription service he teased for three years before finally launching widely six months ago.
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They are intentionally difficult to miss, interwoven in the fabric of game presentation and the contemporary fan experience.
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Established in 1967, it’s one of the world’s largest venues for contemporary art.
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It is clear that … very long lifetimes are needed for … the galaxy to contain even a few possible active contemporary civilizations.
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He was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.
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But while the older schools of art delighted him, he followed with no less attention the movement of contemporary painting.
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WORDS RELATED TO CONTEMPORARY

  • acquainted
  • au courant
  • au fait
  • contemporary
  • familiar
  • in touch
  • informed
  • knowledgeable
  • up
  • versed
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