Antonyms for contemporary
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1. contemporaryadjective

   Antonyms:
   anachronistic, archaic

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

2. contemporaryadjective

   From the same time period, coexistent in time.

   Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare

   Antonyms:
   archaic, anachronistic

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

3. contemporaryadjective

   Modern, of the present age.

   The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous

   Antonyms:
   archaic, anachronistic

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. contemporary, coevaladjective

   a person of nearly the same age as another

   Antonyms:
   asynchronous, noncurrent, nonmodern

   Synonyms:
   coeval

2. contemporary, modern-dayadjective

   characteristic of the present

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

   Antonyms:
   nonmodern, noncurrent, asynchronous

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, modern-day, present-day(a)

3. contemporary, present-day(a)adjective

   belonging to the present time

   "contemporary leaders"

   Antonyms:
   nonmodern, asynchronous, noncurrent

4. contemporaneous, contemporaryadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, nonmodern, asynchronous

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, coeval, coetaneous, modern-day, present-day(a)

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1. contemporaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemporaneous, coeval

How to use contemporary in a sentence?

1. Charles Brownstein:

   The books on this list address issues of race, sexuality, sexual preference, religion, substance abuse and many other concerns related to contemporary life, that's the job we charge our authors with: using art to provide a safe place for audiences to engage with topics of substance in a way that allows them to make their own conclusions.

2. Survival International:

   These extraordinary images are further proof of the existence of still more uncontacted tribes, they’re not savages but complex and contemporary societies whose rights must be respected.

3. Scott Flanders:

   People said, ‘ Oh, we know what Hef likes. He likes this type of photography, ’ and I said, ‘ Well that’s bullshit. That’s like saying he likes the same meatloaf he’s been eating for 25 years. Let’s give him a piece of steak and see if he likes that, ’ and, sure as hell, as soon as they gave Hef more contemporary photography he loved it.

4. Spela Videcnik:

   It's like creating a contemporary cathedral in some ways.

5. Edward Scheidt:

   We met more or less in secret, and he educated me on the subject of code, modern codes, contemporary coding systems -- at least contemporary in' 88.

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