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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
happening in or belonging to the same period of time.
The telephone and the automobile were contemporary inventions.- similar words:
- simultaneous
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| definition 2: |
of or belonging to the present time; current; modern.
He doesn't like contemporary art.
- synonyms:
- current, modern
- antonyms:
- ancient, historical, old-fashioned, out of date
- similar words:
- fashionable, late, new, present, recent, up-to-date
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| related words: |
living, modern |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
contemporaries |
| definition: |
an object or person belonging to the same period of time as another or others.
William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth were contemporaries. |
| derivations: |
contemporarily (adv.), contemporariness (n.) |
The word contemporary
contains the following parts:
temp1, tempor
Latin
root
that means time
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- chron, chrono
-ary1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, of, related to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ary1 attaches to Latin roots (e.g., primary
, literary
) and to nouns (e.g., cautionary, fragmentary), forming adjectives.
Example words:
complimentary, contemporary, elementary, extraordinary, honorary, involuntary, legendary, literary, momentary, primary, revolutionary, sanitary, sedimentary, solitary, stationary, temporary, voluntary
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