contemporaneous

[ kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs ]

adjective

1. living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

   Synonyms: concurrent, simultaneous

contemporaneous

/ kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs; kənˌtɛmpərəˈniːɪtɪ /

adjective

1. existing, beginning, or occurring in the same period of time

Derived Forms

• conˌtempoˈraneously, adverb
• contemporaneity, noun

Other Words From

• con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty [k, uh, n-tem-per-, uh, -, nee, -i-tee], con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun
• con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly adverb
• non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• non·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun
• pre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·i·ty noun
• pre·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous adjective
• un·con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of contemporaneous¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin contemporāneus, equivalent to con- con- + tempor- (stem of tempus “time”) + -āneus ( -ān(us) -an + -eus -eous )

Synonym Study

See contemporary.

Example Sentences

A passport requirement would clearly prevent contemporaneous harm to other people, not just later versions of ourselves.

From Nautilus

Journalists Michele Norris, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jelani Cobb discuss the contemporaneous shifts in American political posturing.

From Time

The final three seasons, but particularly the calamitous just-concluded one, highlight just how dramatically the show went from aspirational to out-of-touch, especially when it attempted to comment on contemporaneous political shifts.

From Washington Post

She said she gave a statement about the interaction with a special counsel to the governor and showed the New York Times contemporaneous text messages discussing Cuomo’s behavior.

From Washington Post

That’s due to the delay built into economic metrics—the best information we have about jobs, spending and trade are weeks or months old, while contemporaneous data are much more uncertain.

From Quartz

Did other presidents subsequent to Nixon keep extensive contemporaneous records?

From The Daily Beast

And contemporaneous observers predicted that South Africa would fracture, that a civil war would roil for the next decade.

From The Daily Beast

Tracy Conroy allowed The Daily Beast to read lengthy contemporaneous notes she took during her time inside the Anthony home.

From The Daily Beast

Often my heart sank when I came across another contemporaneous source that I felt I should read.

From The Daily Beast

In the end, any good reporting requires access to the most contemporaneous statements.

From The Daily Beast

It may be a forerunner or successor, the cause or consequence, or a contemporaneous fact, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

The defeat of Mr. ttwood's motion was contemporaneous with alarming riots at Birmingham.

From Project Gutenberg

Legislation with regard to the poor commenced contemporaneous with the laws against the eviction of the small farmers.

From Project Gutenberg

Tradition survived of taller giants before the days of the contemporaneous Agamemnons.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides, even if actualization be contemporaneous with potentiality, why should not the first rank be assigned to actualization?

From Project Gutenberg