as in companions
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809
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Recent Examples of contemporaries
Vikas Sivaraman’s cinematography tries its best to eschew the overexposed, airbrushed look of its contemporaries.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Alongside contemporaries including tourmate Zach Top, Worthington has played a key role in reinvigorating modern country music with a sterling shot of old-school country sounds.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
In today’s age of instant information, young players can’t help but compare their numbers to those of their contemporaries.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The movie also features many of Candy's contemporaries and co-stars like Steve Martin, Martin Short and Macaulay Culkin.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Like his contemporaries, Meyers often pokes fun at the ongoing actions of the president and his administration on Late Night.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
While contemporaries such as Nella Larsen and Zora Neale Hurston have become fixtures in conversations about the Harlem Renaissance, Fauset often gets left in the margins, despite being one of the era’s most influential figures.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
During this time, my contemporaries have advanced the field of innovation, improvising new tools and metrics that help organizations and their leaders increase the input, throughput, and output of fresh, value-adding ideas.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
João Fonseca, a 19-year-old from Brazil who won his first ATP Tour title in February, is a candidate, as are American Ben Shelton and Great Britain’s Jack Draper – both contemporaries of Alcaraz and Sinner who have enjoyed deep runs at grand slams.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Alongside contemporaries including tourmate Zach Top, Worthington has played a key role in reinvigorating modern country music with a sterling shot of old-school country sounds.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
In today’s age of instant information, young players can’t help but compare their numbers to those of their contemporaries.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
The movie also features many of Candy's contemporaries and co-stars like Steve Martin, Martin Short and Macaulay Culkin.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Like his contemporaries, Meyers often pokes fun at the ongoing actions of the president and his administration on Late Night.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
While contemporaries such as Nella Larsen and Zora Neale Hurston have become fixtures in conversations about the Harlem Renaissance, Fauset often gets left in the margins, despite being one of the era’s most influential figures.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
During this time, my contemporaries have advanced the field of innovation, improvising new tools and metrics that help organizations and their leaders increase the input, throughput, and output of fresh, value-adding ideas.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
João Fonseca, a 19-year-old from Brazil who won his first ATP Tour title in February, is a candidate, as are American Ben Shelton and Great Britain’s Jack Draper – both contemporaries of Alcaraz and Sinner who have enjoyed deep runs at grand slams.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporaries
Noun
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Dogs have come to be man’s closest companions, but their story begins in the wild.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Golden retrievers, while intelligent and eager to please, are more commonly found retrieving game, assisting as service animals, or acting as family companions.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Clearly Putin is determined to see nothing less than the destruction of a democratic Ukraine tethered to Europe and has no respect for the international rule of law or his counterparts.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Fans from around the globe will mix and mingle with counterparts backing other clubs in a collegial environment.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The philosopher John Rawls argued that true fairness requires recognizing all people as moral equals.—
Henrietta Moore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Still, as Huntrix finally steals the show, the movie shows the singers and the audience as equals.—
Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Contemporaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporaries. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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