contemporary: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 21 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of contemporary
adj
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
Source: Wiktionary — contemporary.
noun
Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)
Example: Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.
Something existing at the same time.
- dated
Something existing at the same time. A rival newspaper or magazine.
Listed forms: contemporaries.
Source: Wiktionary — contemporary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for contemporary.
adjective
characteristic of the present
- modern-day
adjective
belonging to the present time
- present-day
adjective
occurring in the same period of time
noun
a person of nearly the same age as another
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is contemporary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
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| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of contemporary
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + M(3) + P(3) + O(1) + R(1) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 21 points.
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Anagrams of contemporary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from contemporary
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