contemporaries n 1: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age [syn: {coevals}, {contemporaries}, {generation}]
contemporaries \contemporaries\ n. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age. Syn: coevals, generation. [WordNet 1.5]
Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}. 1. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. [1913 Webster] 2. a person of nearly the same age as another. Syn: coeval. [WordNet 1.5]