Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Existing or occurring in the present time, especially related to current ideas and events.
Contemporary
/kənˈtempərəri/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Some wrote for their contemporaries; others for their descendants.Evidently neither of them had anything to ask of his contemporaries.The gallery displayed works from contemporary artists worldwide.
Etymology:
From Medieval Latin contemporarius, derived from com- meaning together and tempus meaning time, first recorded in the 17th century.
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