Contemporary

/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:21 ptsWWF:24 pts12 letters

Definition of Contemporary

noun

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
"Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare."
Something existing at the same time.

adjective

From the same time period, coexistent in time.
Modern, of the present age.

Anagrams of Contemporary

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "contemporary":

10-LETTER WORDS

9-LETTER WORDS

carpentry copartner copayment cormorant corporate crematory necrotomy precatory procreant protonema pyroceram temporary

8-LETTER WORDS

aeronomy anteroom cartoony coenamor cometary comparer contempo contrary coparent copatron coronary coronate crampoon crayoner cremator+18 more

7-LETTER WORDS

acronym anymore carport carroty

Related Word Patterns

CO...Words starting with "co"...RYWords ending with "ry"All 12-letter words Unscramble "contemporary"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

contemporaneouscurrent

ANTONYMS

anachronisticarchaiccoming

Rhyming Words

abhenry ablutionary abolitionary accessary accessory accretionary accusatory acidimetry actinometry actuary additory adjudicatory adjuratory admonitory adulatory+5 more

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