1. (

• contemporary ,
• coeval

) a person of nearly the same age as another ;

1. (

• contemporary ,
• modern-day

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

2. (

• contemporary ,
• present-day

) belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" ;

3. (

• contemporaneous ,
• contemporary

) 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" ;