The professor is familiar with contemporary literature.
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Contemporary
//kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "contemporary" (113 found)
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Strong matches (34)
coexistentcoexistingcoincidentcoincidentalcoinstantaneouscollateralconcomitantconcurrentconnectedconterminouscoterminouscurrentdatedead heatdrawexistentexistingextantfar outfashionable
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Adjective(5 words)
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Related words (56)
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5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
15 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
180 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- bashkëkohor adj (from the same time period)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σύγχρονος adj (from the same time period)
- σύγχρονος noun (someone living at the same time)
Arabic
4 entries- حَدِيث adj (modern)
- عَصْرِيّّ adj (modern)
- مُعَاصِر adj (from the same time period)
- مُعَاصِر adj (modern)
Armenian
3 entries- ժամանակակից adj (from the same time period)
- ժամանակակից adj (modern)
- ժամանակակից noun (someone living at the same time)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- müasir adj (from the same time period)
- müasir adj (modern)
- çağdaş adj (from the same time period)
- çağdaş adj (modern)
Belarusian
2 entries- суча́сны adj (from the same time period)
- суча́сны adj (modern)
Bulgarian
4 entries- едновременен adj (from the same time period)
- моде́рен adj (modern)
- съвреме́нен adj (from the same time period)
- съвреме́нен adj (modern)
Catalan
3 entries- contemporani adj (from the same time period)
- contemporani adj (modern)
- contemporani noun (someone living at the same time)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 同時的 /同时的 adj (from the same time period)
- 摩登 adj (modern)
- 現代的 /现代的 adj (modern)
- 當時的 /当时的 adj (from the same time period)
Czech
4 entries- moderní adj (modern)
- současný adj (from the same time period)
- současný adj (modern)
- současnice noun (someone living at the same time)
Danish
3 entries- moderne adj (modern)
- nutids adj (modern)
- samtidig adj (from the same time period)
Dutch
4 entries- contemporain adj (from the same time period)
- eigentijds adj (from the same time period)
- eigentijds adj (modern)
- gelijktijdig adj (from the same time period)
Finnish
4 entries- moderni adj (modern)
- nyky adj (modern)
- nykyaikainen adj (modern)
- samanaikainen adj (from the same time period)
French
3 entries- contemporain adj (from the same time period)
- contemporain adj (modern)
- contemporain noun (someone living at the same time)
Galician
1 entries- contemporáneo adj (from the same time period)
Georgian
3 entries- თანამედროვე adj (from the same time period)
- თანამედროვე adj (modern)
- თანამედროვე noun (someone living at the same time)
German
4 entries- modern adj (modern)
- zeitgenössisch adj (from the same time period)
- zeitgenössisch adj (modern)
- zeitnah adj (modern)
Greek
1 entries- σύγχρονο noun (someone living at the same time)
Hebrew
3 entries- בֶּן זְמַנֵּנוּ adj (modern)
- בן דור adj (from the same time period)
- עֲכְשָׁוִי adj (modern)
Hindi
2 entries- समकालीन adj (from the same time period)
- समसामयिक adj (from the same time period)
Hungarian
4 entries- jelenkori adj (modern)
- kortárs adj (from the same time period)
- kortárs adj (modern)
- kortárs noun (someone living at the same time)
Icelandic
2 entries- jafnaldri noun (someone living at the same time)
- samtíðarmaður noun (someone living at the same time)
Indonesian
1 entries- kontemporer adj (modern)
Ingrian
1 entries- nykyaikain adj (modern)
Irish
3 entries- comhaosta adj (from the same time period)
- nua-aimseartha adj (modern)
- comhaois noun (someone living at the same time)
Italian
4 entries- coetaneo adj (from the same time period)
- coevo adj (from the same time period)
- contemporaneo adj (from the same time period)
- contemporaneo adj (modern)
Japanese
4 entries- モダンな adj (modern)
- 同時代の adj (from the same time period)
- 現代的な adj (modern)
- 近代的な adj (modern)
Kazakh
1 entries- заманауи adj (modern)
Korean
2 entries- 현대적 adj (from the same time period)
- 현대적 adj (modern)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- замандаш noun (someone living at the same time)
Latin
2 entries- aequālis adj (from the same time period)
- coaevālis adj (from the same time period)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šiuolaikinis adj (from the same time period)
Macedonian
4 entries- модерен adj (modern)
- современ adj (from the same time period)
- современ adj (modern)
- современик noun (someone living at the same time)
Malay
3 entries- kontemporari adj (modern)
- sezaman adj (from the same time period)
- sezaman noun (someone living at the same time)
Malayalam
1 entries- സമകാലിക adj (modern)
Manx
1 entries- co-emshiragh adj (from the same time period)
Māori
1 entries- onāianei adj (modern)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hevçax noun (someone living at the same time)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- samtidig adj (from the same time period)
- samtids adj (modern)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- samtidig adj (from the same time period)
Persian
2 entries- معاصر adj (from the same time period)
- نوین adj (modern)
Polish
3 entries- nowoczesny adj (modern)
- współczesny adj (modern)
- ówczesny adj (from the same time period)
Portuguese
4 entries- contemporâneo adj (from the same time period)
- contemporâneo adj (modern)
- moderno adj (modern)
- contemporâneo noun (someone living at the same time)
Romanian
3 entries- contemporan adj (from the same time period)
- contemporan adj (modern)
- contemporan noun (someone living at the same time)
Russian
4 entries- совреме́нный adj (from the same time period)
- совреме́нный adj (modern)
- совреме́нник noun (someone living at the same time)
- совреме́нница noun (someone living at the same time)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- co-aimsireil adj (from the same time period)
- co-aimsireil adj (modern)
- comhaois noun (someone living at the same time)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mȍdēran adj (modern)
- sàvremen adj (from the same time period)
- sàvremen adj (modern)
- sùvremen adj (from the same time period)
Slovak
4 entries- dobový adj (from the same time period)
- moderný adj (modern)
- súdobý adj (from the same time period)
- súčasný adj (from the same time period)
Slovene
3 entries- moderen adj (modern)
- sodoben adj (from the same time period)
- sodoben adj (modern)
Spanish
4 entries- coetáneo adj (from the same time period)
- coetáneo adj (modern)
- contemporario adj (from the same time period)
- contemporario adj (modern)
Swedish
2 entries- nutida adj (modern)
- samtida adj (from the same time period)
Tagalog
4 entries- alinsabay adj (from the same time period)
- kapanahon adj (from the same time period)
- kapanahon adj (modern)
- kasalukuyan adj (modern)
Telugu
1 entries- సమకాలీన adj (from the same time period)
Turkish
4 entries- modern adj (modern)
- zamandaş adj (modern)
- çağcıl adj (from the same time period)
- çağcıl adj (modern)
Ukrainian
4 entries- суча́сний adj (from the same time period)
- суча́сний adj (modern)
- сучасник noun (someone living at the same time)
- сучасниця noun (someone living at the same time)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hiện đại adj (from the same time period)
- hiện đại adj (modern)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfoes adj (from the same time period)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Scott was a contemporary of Byron.
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Shakespeare was a contemporary of Marlowe.
Source: tatoeba (53876)
I must admit I don't like much contemporary music.
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