contemporaneous
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/kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/
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/kənˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.ni.əs/ · /ˌkɒn.tɛm-/
Definition of contemporaneous
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Existing or created in the same period of time.
“Look in other contemporaneous works to see whether that idea was common then.”
“You know that Meroïtic is an ancient Nubian writing system of the third, or fourth century B.C., and is a script which conceals a typically African language. […] [I]f this script is deciphered, we will have in that respect the testimony of an African language which goes back 2,400 years, that is to say [back to a period] fairly contemporaneous with Latin and other languages of antiquity.”
“Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.”
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Etymology
From Latin contemporāneus (“contemporary”), from con- (“with”) + tempus (“time”) + -aneus (“of or pertaining to”) (compare Late Latin temporāneus (“opportune, timely”)).
Words you can make from contemporaneous
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1 word11-letter words
11 words10-letter words
26 words- CAPNOMETER 16 pts
- COMPENSATE 16 pts
- COMPONENTS 16 pts
- ESCARPMENT 16 pts
- RECOMPUTES 16 pts
- RECOUPMENT 16 pts
- CENTROSOME 14 pts
- CONTEMNERS 14 pts
- CONTEMNORS 14 pts
- COOPERATES 14 pts
- COUMARONES 14 pts
- COUNTERMAN 14 pts
- COUNTERMEN 14 pts
- MONSTRANCE 14 pts
- OCTAMEROUS 14 pts
- PERMANENTS 14 pts
- PRAENOMENS 14 pts
- PRONOUNCES 14 pts
- PURTENANCE 14 pts
- TREPONEMAS 14 pts
- COETANEOUS 12 pts
- COURANTOES 12 pts
- ENCOUNTERS 12 pts
- MOTONEURON 12 pts
- NANOMETERS 12 pts
- NANOMETRES 12 pts
9-letter words
95 words- CAMPOREES 15 pts
- CAPSOMERE 15 pts
- COMPONENT 15 pts
- COMPOSTER 15 pts
- COMPOSURE 15 pts
- COMPUTERS 15 pts
- COPEMATES 15 pts
- CRAMPOONS 15 pts
- MONOCARPS 15 pts
- MONOCROPS 15 pts
- MOONSCAPE 15 pts
- NONCAMPUS 15 pts
- POMACEOUS 15 pts
- RECOMPOSE 15 pts
- RECOMPUTE 15 pts
- AEROSCOPE 13 pts
- CASTOREUM 13 pts
- CENTERMAN 13 pts
- CENTREMAN 13 pts
- COATROOMS 13 pts
- COENAMORS 13 pts
- CONEPATES 13 pts
- CONTEMNER 13 pts
- CONTEMNOR 13 pts
- COOPERATE 13 pts
- COPARENTS 13 pts
- COPATRONS 13 pts
- COPESTONE 13 pts
- COPRESENT 13 pts
- CORNPONES 13 pts
- CORPOSANT 13 pts
- COSMONAUT 13 pts
- COSMOTRON 13 pts
- COUMARONE 13 pts
- MENOPAUSE 13 pts
- MONOCRATS 13 pts
- MOONPORTS 13 pts
- MOUSETRAP 13 pts
- MUCRONATE 13 pts
- OUTCAPERS 13 pts
- OUTSCREAM 13 pts
- PENSTEMON 13 pts
- PERMANENT 13 pts
- PORTANCES 13 pts
- PRAENOMEN 13 pts
- PREENACTS 13 pts
- PRENOMENS 13 pts
- PRONOUNCE 13 pts
- PROSECUTE 13 pts
- PROTEOMES 13 pts
- PROTONEMA 13 pts
- ROTOSCOPE 13 pts
- STONECROP 13 pts
- SUPERATOM 13 pts
- SUPERMOON 13 pts
- TREPONEMA 13 pts
- ANTEROOMS 11 pts
- CAROTENES 11 pts
- CONSENTER 11 pts
- CORANTOES 11 pts
- CORONATES 11 pts
- COURANTES 11 pts
- COURANTOS 11 pts
- COURTESAN 11 pts
- CRETONNES 11 pts
- ENCOUNTER 11 pts
- ENTRANCES 11 pts
- MONOESTER 11 pts
- MONOTONES 11 pts
- MOONSTONE 11 pts
- MOUTONNEE 11 pts
- NANOMETER 11 pts
- NANOMETRE 11 pts
- NECTAROUS 11 pts
- NEUROMAST 11 pts
- NOCTURNES 11 pts
- NONACTORS 11 pts
- NONMATURE 11 pts
- NONPOROUS 11 pts
- NONSECRET 11 pts
- NONSECURE 11 pts
- NUMERATES 11 pts
- ORNAMENTS 11 pts
- OUTPREENS 11 pts
- OUTRANCES 11 pts
- PERSONATE 11 pts
- RENASCENT 11 pts
- RENOUNCES 11 pts
- RESONANCE 11 pts
- ROUSEMENT 11 pts
- SUPERNATE 11 pts
- UNCREATES 11 pts
- NEOTENOUS 9 pts
- OUTREASON 9 pts
- ROTENONES 9 pts
8-letter words
66 words- CAMPOREE 14 pts
- CAMPOUTS 14 pts
- CAPSOMER 14 pts
- COMPARES 14 pts
- COMPARTS 14 pts
- COMPEERS 14 pts
- COMPERES 14 pts
- COMPETES 14 pts
- COMPORTS 14 pts
- COMPOSER 14 pts
- COMPOTES 14 pts
- COMPUTER 14 pts
- COMPUTES 14 pts
- CONTEMPO 14 pts
- COPEMATE 14 pts
- CORPSMAN 14 pts
- CORPSMEN 14 pts
- CRAMPONS 14 pts
- ACROSOME 12 pts
- AMPUTEES 12 pts
- CANOEMEN 12 pts
- CAPSTONE 12 pts
- CAPTURES 12 pts
- CASEMENT 12 pts
- CENTRUMS 12 pts
- CERUMENS 12 pts
- COATROOM 12 pts
- COENAMOR 12 pts
- COMATOSE 12 pts
- CONEPATE 12 pts
- CONSUMER 12 pts
- CONTEMNS 12 pts
- COPARENT 12 pts
- COPASTOR 12 pts
- COPATRON 12 pts
- CORNPONE 12 pts
- COSTUMER 12 pts
- ACETONES 10 pts
- ANCESTOR 10 pts
- ANEMONES 10 pts
- ANTEROOM 10 pts
- APTEROUS 10 pts
- AUTOPENS 10 pts
- AUTOSOME 10 pts
- CANOROUS 10 pts
- CANTEENS 10 pts
- CAROTENE 10 pts
- CARTOONS 10 pts
- CENTARES 10 pts
- CENTAURS 10 pts
- CENTNERS 10 pts
- CENTONES 10 pts
- COENURES 10 pts
- CONENOSE 10 pts
- CONNOTES 10 pts
- CONSTRUE 10 pts
- CONTOURS 10 pts
- CORANTOS 10 pts
- CORNEOUS 10 pts
- CORNUTOS 10 pts
- CORONATE 10 pts
- CORONETS 10 pts
- COUNTERS 10 pts
- COURANTE 10 pts
- COURANTO 10 pts
- COURANTS 10 pts
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