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Synonyms for contemporary
The synonym for contemporary recorded in this bank is modern, in the sense "belonging to the present time; current". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for contemporary
- modernadjective, in the sense "belonging to the present time; current"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day contemporary is audited in a second meaning.
belonging to the present time; current
The exhibit features contemporary artists working today rather than historical ones.
The true synonym
modern
Same sentence, swapped: The exhibit features modern artists working today rather than historical ones.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- abstract
- controversial
- imported
Where contemporary turns up in the game
contemporary is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where contemporary is the trap
- successornoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is replacement, in the sense "a person who follows next in order", with contemporary sitting one tile away.
- fashionableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is stylish, in the sense "being or in accordance with current social fashions", so contemporary is there to be ruled out.
Play contemporary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contemporary reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contemporary carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.