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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

relating to the present, occurring or existing in the current period of time;

e.g. Many elements of present-day society would be unthinkable to people a hundred years ago.

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Similar Words

Contemporary

Current

Designer

Extant

Futuristic

High tech

Hot

Immediate

Instant

Latter-day

Mod

Modern

New

New age

New-fashioned

Newfangled

Ongoing

Present

Recent

Red-hot

Space-age

State of the art

Supermodern

Ultramodern

Up-to-date

Up-to-the-minute

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Opposite Words

Age-old

Aged

Ageless

Ago

Ancient

Antediluvian

Antiquated

Antique

Archaic

Bygone

Classical

Coming

Conventional

Crude

Customary

Dated

Dateless

Disused

Done

Erstwhile

Finished

Former

Fossilized

Fusty

Future

Historic

Historical

Hoary

Immemorial

Kaput

Late

Long-ago

Medieval

Moribund

Mossy

Moth-eaten

Musty

Neolithic

Noachian

Noncontemporary

Obsolete

Old

Old-fashioned

Old-time

Old-world

Olden

Oldfangled

Once

Onetime

Other

Out-of-date

Outdated

Outmoded

Outworn

Over

Past

Prehistoric

Prescriptive

Primitive

Quondam

Remote

Retro

Retrograde

Rinky-dink

Rude

Rudimentary

Superannuated

Through

Time-honored

Time-tested

Timeless

Traditional

Unborn

Underdeveloped

Unmodernized

Up

Venerable

Vintage

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Related Words

Advanced

Avant

Avant-garde

Being

Breathing

Contemporary

Cutting edge

Developed

Existent

Forward

Futuristic

Happening

High

In

Last

Late

Latest

Latter-day

Living

Mod

Modern

Modish

New

New-fashioned

Newfangled

Nouvelle

Now

Progressive

Recent

Red-hot

Refined

Space-age

State of the art

Stylish

Supermodern

Ultramodern

Up-to-date

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