Contemporary
Contemporary adjective - Existing or occurring at the same period of time.
Unknown and contemporary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unknown" instead an adjective "Contemporary".
Unknown
Unknown adjective - Happening or existing without one's knowledge.
Contemporary and unknown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemporary" instead an adjective "Unknown".
Nearby Words: unknowable, unknowing
Both words in one sentence
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Contemporary Caveman: Rare, due to population pressures, but not unknown.
Source: Tabletop Game / Continuum -
Since it's supposed to be The Theme Park Version of 2015, the waiter uses an egregious amount of contemporary slang like "friend me," "Belieber," and "bae," which were all common in real life 2015 but unknown to Marty and Doc.
Source: Comic Book / Back to the Future - Evidence for the film's existence (in the form of contemporary newspaper and magazine clippings) has been collected to show that the film at least did exist, but if any prints have survived, their location is unknown, and they're not in public circulation.
Source: Missing Episode / Film
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Unknown and Contemporary. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contemporary/unknown
Contemporary & Unknown. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contemporary/unknown>.
Unknown or Contemporary. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contemporary/unknown.
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