a person of nearly the same age as another

[ Syn: coeval ]

characteristic of the present; contemporary trends in design; the role of computers in modern-day medicine

[ Syn: modern-day ]

belonging to the present time; contemporary leaders

[ Syn: present-day ]

occurring in the same period of time; a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation; the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart

[ Syn: contemporaneous ]