contemporary
Of this time
Contemporary is primarily used as an adjective to characterize one thing that exists at the same time as another: Analysis determined that the two manuscripts were contemporary with each other.
A secondary meaning is belonging to the present time: Contemporary art leaves me cold.
As a noun, contemporary designates a person who lives at the same time as another: At six feet, the skeleton found in the cave would have been much taller than his contemporaries.
Of this era
existing · ongoing · latter-day · up-to-date · newfangled · extant · topical · immediate
Currently in vogue
- stylishFashionably elegant
- currentDirected flow of charge
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- chicTasteful, current flair
modern · now · modish · happening · fresh · relevant · with-it · popular
Man or companion
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- colleagueProfessional associate
- equalIdentical in amount
compeer · confrere · age-mate · generational · classmate
Happening at once
- coexistingExisting at once
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- coincidentOccurring simultaneously
- overlappingCovering part of another
Advocate of experimental forms
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- postmodernSkeptical of metanarratives
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
installation · mixed-media · abstract · experimental · deconstructivist · site-specific
present-day
Of this era
now · existing · ongoing · latter-day · up-to-date · newfangled · extant · topical · immediate · living
trendy
Currently in vogue
chic · modern · now · modish · happening · fresh · relevant · with-it · popular · mainstream
fellow
Man or companion
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- colleagueProfessional associate
equal · compeer · confrere · age-mate · generational · classmate
concurrent
Happening at once
- coexistingExisting at once
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- coincidentOccurring simultaneously
modernist
Advocate of experimental forms
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- postmodernSkeptical of metanarratives
- minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
conceptual · installation · mixed-media · abstract · experimental · deconstructivist · site-specific
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- fashion stylescasual wear, bohemian, formal wear, preppy, romantic
- home stylescolonial, craftsman, ranch, Victorian, Tudor
- suburban homessuburban home, tract home, tract housing, single-family home, single-family
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
contemporaryold-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
outdated · antiquated · ancient · outmoded · dated
contemporaryasynchronous
Not happening together
nonsimultaneous · noncontemporary · nonsynchronous · preceding · succeeding
contemporaryancient
Very old indeed
antique · historical · historic · age-old · antediluvian
- contemporary artCreative works from today
- contemporary dramaRecent serious theatrical work
- Museum of Contemporary ArtInstitution exhibiting recent art
- contemporary christian music
- adult contemporaryMellow mainstream radio format
- contemporary ChristianCurrent religious music genre