contemporary
kun-TEM-puh-rair-eeadjMeaning living or happening at the same time; also, modern
Memory hook CON-TEMPOR: WITH the same TIME. Pip and Kai were born on the very same day and have shared every birthday since: they are contemporary, two kids of the same time.
The museum’s new wing shows contemporary art, made in the last few years.
In context Though the two writers never met, they were contemporary; both were born in the same year and published their first books within months of each other.
Similar simultaneous, coexisting, modern, current
Opposite old-fashioned, past, antique
From Medieval Latin contemporarius: com (together) + tempus (time).