📖 Definitions of "Modern"
noun
- 1
Someone who lives in modern times.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
"Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look."
- 2
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
🔄 Synonyms of "Modern"
25 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contemporarynoun | Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). |
| innovative | Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions. |
| stylish | Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. |
| newnoun | Recently made, or created. |
| lastverb | Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. |
| up-to-date | (before the noun, idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest. |
| advanced | At or close to the state of the art. |
| neonoun | A male given name originating as a coinage. |
| fashionablenoun | Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue. |
| latestnoun | Most recent. |
| forward-looking | Having an interest in the future, and planning for it. |
| latenoun | Near the end of a period of time. |
| modernistic | In modern style. |
| ultramodern | Extremely modern. |
| modnoun | (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game. |
| moderne | Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture. |
| bodoni | the name given to the serif typefaces first designed by Giambattista Bodoni in the late eighteenth century and frequently revived since. |
| newest | in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style |
| nonclassical | Not classical. |
| bodoni fontnoun | a typeface (based on an 18th century design by gianbattista bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes |
| state-of-the-artnoun | Alternative form of state of the art. [At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.] |
| modern fontnoun | a typeface (based on an 18th century design by gianbattista bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes |
| modernized | brought up to date |
| progressivenoun | Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods. |
| recentnoun | Having happened a short while ago. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Modern"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nonmodernnoun | Having characteristics of past times; not modern. |
| old style fontnoun | a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes |
| old stylenoun | (historical) The Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Modern"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| modernistic | In modern style. |
| ultramodern | Extremely modern. |
| state-of-the-art | Alternative form of state of the art. [At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.] |
| contemporarynoun | Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). |
| advanced | At or close to the state of the art. |
| up-to-date | (before the noun, idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest. |
| innovative | Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions. |
| new | Recently made, or created. |
| recent | Having happened a short while ago. |
| moderne | Of or relating to the Streamline Moderne school of architecture. |
| forward-looking | Having an interest in the future, and planning for it. |
| latest | Most recent. |
| last | Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. |
| progressive | Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods. |
| fashionable | Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue. |
| stylish | Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. |
| late | Near the end of a period of time. |
| nonclassical | Not classical. |
| neonoun | A male given name originating as a coinage. |
| mod | (MTE, slang) Crazy, insane. |
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