**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 11443

## Meanings
1. Belonging to the present time; modern.
2. Living or happening in the same period of time as someone or something else.
3. A person living or active in the same period as another.

## Examples
- She is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art.
- Dickens was contemporary with the rise of the railways.
- Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.

## Synonyms
- coetaneous
- coeval
- coincident
- contemporaneous
- cotemporal
- cotemporaneous

## Antonyms
- noncontemporary
- uncontemporary

## Derived Forms
- contemporarily
- contemporariness
- contemporize
- noncontemporary
- penecontemporary
- precontemporary
- ultracontemporary
- uncontemporary

## Related Forms
- penecontemporary
- present

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: contemporārius
- Root: con-

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”).

## AI Etymology
contemporary is an adjective and noun. It is from Medieval Latin contemporārius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporārius, an adjective derived from tempus (“time”). Historical forms in the chain include contemporārius (Medieval Latin) and con- (Latin). Current senses include belonging to the present time; modern, living or happening in the same period of time as someone or something else, and a person living or active in the same period as another. Derived forms include contemporarily, contemporariness, contemporize, noncontemporary, and penecontemporary. Related words include penecontemporary and present.

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