CONTEMPORARY

I. adjective Etymology: com- + Latin tempor-, tempus Date: 1631 happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time, 2. simultaneous , marked by characteristics of the present period ; modern , current , contemporarily adverb Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun (plural -raries) Date: 1638 one that is ~ with another, one of the same or nearly the same age as another