Definitions

1. noun

A contemporary person or thing; someone or something existing or occurring at the same time as something else.

“The artist’s contemp, a fellow painter, was also exhibiting at the gallery that night.”

2. noun

A person who is a contemporary of another person.

“The poet’s contemp, a fellow writer, often exchanged letters with him.”

3. adjective

Existing or happening at the same time as something else.

“The new policy was a contemp development to the old system.”