Thesaurus results for CONTEMPORARIES

contemporaries

noun

plural of contemporary

as in companions

a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809

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Recent Examples of contemporaries While many of her New York contemporaries faded from cultural relevance, Kusama’s only grew in her later years. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Britton was just one in an endless outpouring of grief over Parton’s death, as her costars, contemporaries, and friends all remembered the country legend. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Parton later provided a permission structure for genre contemporaries – including Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris – to do the same. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Bonanno, one of its original members, is said to have eschewed the pomp and public appearances of his contemporaries and remained a low-profile figure into the 1950s. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 Unlike his contemporaries Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Lower East Side artist Landès Lewitin has been largely forgotten—except among the art cognoscenti. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Our second president, John Adams, was said to have had a sarcastic demeanor and made biting remarks about his contemporaries. — John Blumenthal, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 No bear population, even one as obviously robust as the Southern one, could withstand the withering assaults of very many Colliers and his contemporaries. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Turner shows how Brand and his countercultural contemporaries transformed the computer from a symbol of military bureaucracy into an emblem of personal freedom and self-expression. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporaries

Noun

Then there's the emergence of artificial intelligence chatbots and companions that create a host of other concerns for underage usage, but that aren't generally considered part of the social media industry.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
The company describes these products as interactive companions that go beyond conventional robots, with features designed to sense their surroundings and initiate simple forms of engagement.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of companions

Noun

And while the hotel was certainly a different kind of spectacle—tamer and more refined than its Cafe counterparts—there was always another corner left to discover, or a new extension to look forward to on the next visit.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
There are lots of brands that have worked to give us beautiful soft mattes that glide onto lids and don’t feel patchy or heavy like their previous counterparts.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

Men are supposed to pay for dinner but also treat women as equals; to initiate flirty banter but never be creepy or aggressive; to be sturdy and masculine but also empathetic and thoughtful.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
This is a partnership of equals—not in the size of our populations, but in the depth of our commitments.

— Naftali Bennett, Time, 9 July 2026