adjective
- existing or occurring at the same time
Usage: formal
Examples
- The two civilizations were contemporaneous, flourishing during the same historical period.
- Archaeological evidence shows contemporaneous settlements across the region.
- The artist’s work was contemporaneous with the Renaissance movement.
- These fossils are contemporaneous with the extinction event.
- The documents provide contemporaneous accounts of the battle.
- Both inventions were contemporaneous, developed independently at the same time.