| 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 |
| Main Entry: | latter-day |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modern |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contempo, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latest*, 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 |