modern

/mˈɑdɚn/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
   “modern art”
2. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
   “their offices are in a modern skyscraper”
3. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
4. ahead of the times
   “the advanced teaching methods”
5. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
   “Modern English”

noun

1. a contemporary person
2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

Synonyms for modern

• contemporary
• neo
• red-brick
• ultramodern
• moderne
• mod
• modernistic
• fashionable
• nonclassical
• advanced
• forward-looking
• innovative
• progressive
• New
• late
• modern font
• Bodoni
• Bodoni font

Antonyms of modern

• nonmodern
• old style

Words that rhyme with modern

• postmodern
• ultramodern