# contemporaries

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-TEM-puh-rair-eez" /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.iz/; UK say "kuhn-TEM-puh-ruh-reez" /kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹəɹ.iz/

## Noun

1. Plural of contemporary. — plural of contemporary
   - Simple: Plural of contemporary. Use this form when talking about more than one person from the same time or age group.
   - _The painter earned more respect from later critics than from her contemporaries._
   - _Among his political contemporaries, few matched his talent for compromise._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/contemporaries (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).