CONTEMPORARY Synonyms

• belonging to the present time

• the most recent news or development

• up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date

• in the current fashion or style

• belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

• a contemporary person

• a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

• used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

• relating to a recently developed fashion or style

• characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

• ahead of the times

• not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

• unaffected by use or exposure

• very recently

• in use after medieval times

• used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

• original and of a kind not seen before

• lacking training or experience

• having no previous example or precedent or parallel

• other than the former one(s); different

• (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

• (often followed by `to') unfamiliar

• the momentary present

• in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

• in these times

• used to preface a command or reproof or request

• at the present moment

• without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

• (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity

• in the immediate past

• approximately the last 10,000 years

• new

• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

• reflecting the latest information or changes

• in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style

• up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date

• occurring in the same period of time

• of the same period

• a person of nearly the same age as another

• of the same period

• characteristic of the present