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Spell Bee Word: contemporary


Basic Details

Word: Contemporary

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Belonging to the present time, or living or happening at the same time as someone or something else.

Synonyms: modern, current, present-day

Antonyms: ancient, old-fashioned

How to Spell Contemporary

Syllables: con - tem - po - ra - ry

Tricky part: People often say it fast as contempory and drop the ra. The ending is rary, as in temporary.

Watch out for: contempory, contemprary, contemperary

Memory tip: Find temporary inside it: con + temporary. Both are about time, and both end in rary.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The museum has a new hall of contemporary Indian art.

Example 2: Tagore and Gandhi were contemporary thinkers who wrote to each other.

Example 3: Our music teacher mixes old songs with contemporary ones.

Fun Fact

Emperor Akbar and William Shakespeare were contemporaries: both were alive in the late 1500s.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ordinary
b) literary
c) contempory
d) temporary

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c) contempory. Contemporary keeps the whole of temporary, ra and all.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

contemporary

a) ordinary
b) modern
c) temporary
d) ancient

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b) modern. Contemporary art is modern art; ancient means the opposite.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

potremarcony

a) temporarily
b) contemporary
c) contemptuous
d) contemplation

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b) contemporary. Two o's, two r's, a y and no l or u: the word is contemporary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two writers who lived at the same time are called ____.

a) companions
b) commanders
c) competitors
d) contemporaries

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d) contemporaries

2. Contemporary furniture is furniture that is ____.

a) in a present-day style
b) broken
c) from the Stone Age
d) made of ice

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a) in a present-day style

Associated Words

generationbegrudgefraternityclusterdecomposition
blazejugglejoystickinvigilateminiature

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