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26K+ Rhyming Words For CONTEMPORARY

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temporary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not permanent; not lasting

noun

• a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

adjective satellite

• lacking continuity or regularity

unsanitary10
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not sanitary or healthful

honorary8
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• given as an honor without the normal duties

commissary10
4 nounn
noun

• a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)

• a snack bar in a film studio

pulmonary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or affecting the lungs

momentary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lasting for a markedly brief time

planetary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

• of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

adjective satellite

• having no fixed course

• involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

arbitrary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

cometary8
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to or resembling a comet

nonmilitary11
5 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• not associated with soldiers or the military

unnecessary11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not necessary

dignitary9
4 nounn
noun

• an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

literary8
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of literature

adjective satellite

• knowledgeable about literature

• appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

dictionary10
4 nounn
noun

• a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

imaginary9
5 adjectiveadj
noun

• (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

adjective satellite

• not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

ordinary8
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

noun

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

adjective satellite

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

preliminary11
5 adjectiveadj
noun

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

adjective satellite

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

secondary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

noun

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

adjective satellite

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

secretary9
4 nounn
noun

• a person who is head of an administrative department of government

• an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

• a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• a desk used for writing

cemetery8
4 nounn
noun

• a tract of land used for burials

sanctuary9
4 nounn
noun

• a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

emissary8
4 nounn
noun

• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

extraordinary13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special

adjective satellite

• far more than usual or expected

• (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

itinerary9
5 nounn
noun

• an established line of travel or access

• a guidebook for travelers

• a proposed route of travel

legendary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend

• celebrated in fable or legend

monetary8
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or involving money

primary7
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

noun

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

adjective satellite

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

seminary8
4 nounn
noun

• a private place of education for the young

• a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

monastery9
4 nounn
noun

• the residence of a religious community

commentary10
4 nounn
noun

• a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

coronary8
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)

noun

• obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)

customary9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• in accordance with convention or custom

• commonly used or practiced; usual

involuntary11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not subject to the control of the will

• controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control

mercenary9
4 nounn
noun

• a person hired to fight for another country than their own

adjective satellite

• marked by materialism

• serving for wages in a foreign army

• profit oriented

proprietary11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights

noun

• an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

reactionary11
5 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

adjective satellite

• opposed to political or social liberalism or reform

revolutionary13
6 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

• relating to or having the nature of a revolution

• advocating or engaged in revolution

noun

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

adjective satellite

• markedly new or introducing radical change

veterinary10
5 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine

noun

• a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

visionary9
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

adjective satellite

• not practical or realizable; speculative

necessary9
4 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• absolutely essential

noun

• anything indispensable

adjective satellite

• unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

dysentery9
4 nounn
noun

• an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

january7
4 nounn
noun

• the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

mortuary8
4 nounn
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of death

• of or relating to a funeral

noun

• a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

obituary8
5 nounn
noun

• a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography

discretionary13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment

• (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

funerary8
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or for or relating to a funeral

beneficiary11
6 nounn
adjective

• having or arising from a benefice

noun

• the recipient of funds or other benefits

• the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

incumbency10
4 nounn
noun

• the term during which some position is held

• a duty that is incumbent upon you

• the office of an incumbent

cautionary10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• warding off

• serving to warn

dietary7
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the diet

noun

• a regulated daily food allowance

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