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| Main Entry: | contemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modern |
| Synonyms: | abreast, au courant, current, extant, in vogue, instant, latest, mod*, new, newfangled, now, present, recent, red-hot*, state-of-the-art*, topical, ultramodern, up*, up-to-date, with it*, contempo, existent, hot off press, in fashion, just out, leading-edge, present-day, today, up-to-the-minute, voguish, à la mode |
| Notes: | contemporary can be predicated of persons, conditions, or events; contemporaneous is predicable only of occurrences or events |
| Antonyms: | old, old-fashioned, past, preceding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing, occurring at same time |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, attendant, coeval, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, connected, current, linked, present, related, simultaneous, synchronous, associated, coetaneous, coexistent, coexisting, contemporaneous, synchronal, synchronic |
| Antonyms: | future, past, preceding, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | coincident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concurring, happening together |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consonant, contemporary, coordinate, correspondent, incident, satellite, simultaneous, synchronous, attending, coinciding, contemporaneous |
| Main Entry: | concomitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contributing, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | accessory, agreeing, ancillary, attendant, belonging, coeval, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concurrent, connected, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, fellow, incident, joint, satellite, synchronous, adjuvant, associated with, associative, attending, coefficient, coetaneous, coexistent, concordant, conjoined, conjoined with, contemporaneous, coterminous, coupled with, in tempo, in time, isochronal, isochronous, synchronal, synergetic, synergistic |
| Antonyms: | accidental, chance, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
| Synonyms: | actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, real, remaining, surviving, existent, in current use, not lost, present-day, subsisting, undestroyed |
| Antonyms: | dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | far-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional and offbeat |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool*, cool, deep*, deep, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, groovy, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out of this world, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful, out in left field, rad, rad, ultamodern, very unconventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in vogue, last word*, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, trendy, usual, with it*, a go-go, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, swank, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute, upscale, well-liked, á la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hip |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable, stylish |
| Synonyms: | chic, chichi*, contemporary, cool*, current, hot*, in vogue, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, now, popular, smart, sophisticated, trendy, with it*, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, trendsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | innovative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, contemporary, ingenious, inventive, new, newfangled*, original, state-of-the-art, breaking new ground, cutting-edge, deviceful, innovational, innovatory, just out, leading-edge, originative |
| Antonyms: | customary, habitual, old, traditional, unimaginative, uncreative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, urgent |
| Synonyms: | burning*, clamant, contemporary, crying*, current, dire, direct, exigent, extant, fast, imperative, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, present, pressing, prompt, quick, existent, on-the-spot, present-day, split-second |
| Antonyms: | delayed, eventual, late, later |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | living |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing, active |
| Synonyms: | alert, alive, animated, around, awake, breathing, brisk, contemporary, continuing, current, dynamic, extant, live, lively, ongoing, operative, strong, vigorous, vital, warm, developing, existent, in use, persisting, subsisting, ticking |
| Antonyms: | dead, inactive |
| Main Entry: | modern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contemporary, current, fresh, last word*, late, latest, modernistic, modish, newfangled*, novel, now, present, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, contempo, cutting-edge, latter-day, leading-edge, modernized, neoteric, new-fashioned, present-day, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it* |
| Antonyms: | ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | modish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable |
| Synonyms: | a la mode*, chic, contemporary, current, dashing, exclusive, fresh, happening, hip*, latest, mod*, now*, smart, stylish, swish*, trendy, up-to-date, vogue, all the rage, faddy, in, in-thing, last-word, swank, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it* |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newfangled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quite recent |
| Synonyms: | contemporary, fashionable, fresh, in vogue, modern, modernistic, new, novel, popular, unique, gimmicky, neoteric, new-fashioned |
| Antonyms: | old, old-fashioned, outmoded, old hack |
| Main Entry: | novel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, original |
| Synonyms: | atypical, avant-garde, contemporary, different, fresh, funky*, innovative, modernistic, newfangled, now*, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recent, singular, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, unique, unusual, at cutting edge, breaking new ground, far cry, just out, neoteric, new-fashioned |
| Antonyms: | common, customary, familiar, old, ordinary, used, usual, worn, overused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | current |
| Synonyms: | contemporary, fresh, late, latter, modern, modernistic, new, newborn, newfangled, novel, up-to-date, young, contempo, hot off the fire, hot off the press, just out, latter-day, neoteric, present-day, the latest, today |
| Antonyms: | earlier, future, old, past |
| Main Entry: | simultaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening at about the same time |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, agreeing, coeval, coincident, concurrent, contemporary, dead heat*, synchronous, at the same time, coetaneous, coexistent, coexisting, coinciding, concurring, contemporaneous, in sync, synchronal, synchronic, with the beat |
| Antonyms: | different, divided, following, preceding, separate, asynchronous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | state-of-the-art |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to highest level of development at time |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, cutting edge*, cutting edge, fashionable, forefront, latest, leading edge, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, red-hot*, stylish, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-date, all the rage, brand-new, in, in-thing, most recent, newest, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trendy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in fashion, style |
| Synonyms: | contemporary, fashionable, fly*, in vogue, latest, modish*, now*, popular, stylish, in, swank, tony, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it*, à la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ultramodern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde, contemporary, current, fresh, futuristic, latest, modernistic, modish, new, now, revolutionary, state-of-the-art*, stylish, ahead of its time, cutting-edge, leading-edge, new-fashioned, nontraditional, present-day, today, twenty-first century, up-to-the-minute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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