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

• contemporaneity, noun
• conˌtempoˈraneously, adverb

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

They also cast a wide net in terms of written material, drawing from books and contemporaneous press accounts.

From Los Angeles Times

“The idea is that the California Department of Public Health realizes that this issue is never going to get attention unless the reporting on death is contemporaneous with the actual event.”

From Los Angeles Times

And I think there’s also just a lot of contemporaneous evidence that the journal cites to support the fact that there was something more than a normal employee-employer relationship going on here.

From New York Times

In one reported instance, Little’s recollections undermined contemporaneous documentary evidence that was damaging to Trump.

From Salon

But to the excited visitors in Pirna, who often dress in contemporaneous garb to match the vehicles they arrived in, the polished and pampered cars embody a local pride.

From New York Times