contemporary
♦ con|tem|po|rary /kənt'empərəri, AM -pəreri/ (contemporaries)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston...
Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.
...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl, poss N
Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
She writes a lot of contemporary music for people like Whitney Houston...
Only the names are ancient; the characters are modern and contemporary.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Contemporary people or things were alive or happened at the same time as something else you are talking about.
...drawing upon official records and the reports of contemporary witnesses.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl, poss N
Someone's contemporary is a person who is or was alive at the same time as them.
Like most of my contemporaries, I grew up in a vastly different world.