contemporaneousness
Existing right now
Contemporaneousness is the quality of existing or occurring at the same time as something else.
The noun form of contemporaneous, it emphasizes simultaneity or shared time period: The contemporaneousness of the two movements suggests they influenced each other.
The word is formal and somewhat cumbersome; writers often prefer simpler alternatives like "overlap" or rephrase entirely.
Happening at once
- coevalSame age or period
- synchronousOccurring at same moment
- coexistingExisting at once
- parallelEquidistant at all points
simultaneous · coincident · coinciding · concomitant · synchronism · coterminous · overlapping · co-occurrence
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- modernOf recent times
- presentGift or current moment
- nowThe present moment
today · recent · newfangled · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · novel · progressive · fresh
Unplanned circumstance
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- fortuitousHappening by lucky chance
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
Appropriateness of timing
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- currencyMedium of exchange
- immediacyQuality of being direct
presentness · topicality · resonance · appropriateness · significance · bearing · connection · momentousness
concurrent
Happening at once
- coevalSame age or period
- synchronousOccurring at same moment
- coexistingExisting at once
parallel · simultaneous · coincident · coinciding · concomitant · synchronism · coterminous · overlapping · co-occurrence · concurrence
current
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- modernOf recent times
- presentGift or current moment
now · today · recent · newfangled · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · novel · progressive · fresh · zeitgeist
happenstance
Unplanned circumstance
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- fortuitousHappening by lucky chance
unplanned · incidental · synchronicity · convergent · intersecting
timeliness
Appropriateness of timing
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- currencyMedium of exchange
immediacy · presentness · topicality · resonance · appropriateness · significance · bearing · connection · momentousness · urgency
contemporaneousnessantiquatedness
State of being outmoded
archaism · datedness · outmodedness · anachronism · pastness
contemporary, contemporaneous, contemporaries, contemporaneity, contemporaneously