| Main Entry: | present-day |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | present |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, already, at this moment, begun, being, coeval, commenced, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, even now, existent, existing, extant, for the time being, going on, immediate, in duration, in process, instant, just now, modern, new, now, nowadays, prompt, started, today, topical, under consideration, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | contemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modern |
Synonyms: |
abreast, au courant, contempo, current, existent, extant, hot off press, in fashion, in vogue, instant, just out, latest, leading-edge, mod, new, newfangled, now, present, present-day, recent, red-hot, state-of-the-art*, today, topical, ultramodern, up*, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with it, 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 |
| Main Entry: | current |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemporary; common |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, afoot, circulating, common knowledge, customary, cutting-edge, doing, existent, extant, fad, fashionable, general, going around, hot*, in, in circulation, in progress, in the mainstream, in the news, in use, in vogue, instant, leading-edge, mod, modern, now*, on front burner, ongoing, popular, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, state-of-the-art, swinging, topical, trendy, up-to-date, widespread |
Antonyms: |
antiquated, old, old-fashioned, past, uncommon, uncontemporary |
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
Synonyms: |
actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed |
Antonyms: |
dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, urgent |
Synonyms: |
burning*, clamant, contemporary, crying*, current, dire, direct, exigent, existent, extant, fast, imperative, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, on-the-spot, present, present-day, pressing, prompt, quick, split-second |
Antonyms: |
delayed, eventual, late, later |
| Main Entry: | modern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, up-to-date |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modernized, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, novel, now, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it |
Antonyms: |
ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing; at this time |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, already, at this moment, begun, being, coeval, commenced, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, even now, existent, extant, for the time being, going on, immediate, in duration, in process, instant, just now, modern, nowadays, present-day, prompt, started, today, topical, under consideration, up-to-date |
Antonyms: |
absent, former, future, past, previous |
| Main Entry: | recent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | current |
Synonyms: |
contempo, contemporary, fresh, hot off the fire, hot off the press, just out, late, latter, latter-day, modern, modernistic, neoteric, new, newborn, newfangled, novel, present-day, the latest, today, up-to-date, young |
Antonyms: |
earlier, future, old, past |
| Main Entry: | ultramodern |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | up-to-date |
Synonyms: |
advanced, ahead of its time, avant-garde, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, futuristic, latest, leading-edge, modernistic, modish, new, new-fashioned, nontraditional, now, present-day, revolutionary, state-of-the-art*, stylish, today, twenty-first century, up-to-the-minute |
| Main Entry: | existent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | present |
Synonyms: |
contemporary, current, existing, immediate, now, occurring now, ongoing, present-day, taking place |