Synonyms for modern
ˈmɒd ərnmod·ern

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1. modernadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemporary

   Antonyms:
   old, dated

2. modernadjective

   Pertaining to the current time and style.

   Synonyms:
   contemporary

   Antonyms:
   old, dated

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1. modern

   That which is new has lately come into existence, possession, or use; a new house is just built, or in a more general sense is one that has just come into the possession of the present owner or occupant. Modern denotes that which has begun to exist in the present age, and is still existing; recent denotes that which has come into existence within a comparatively brief period, and may or may not be existing still. Modern history pertains to any period since the middle ages; modern literature, modern architecture, etc., are not strikingly remote from the styles and types prevalent to-day. That which is late is somewhat removed from the present, but not far enough to be called old. That which is recent is not quite so sharply distinguished from the past as that which is new; recent publications range over a longer time than new books. That which is novel is either absolutely or relatively unprecedented in kind; a novel contrivance is one that has never before been known; a novel experience is one that has never before occurred to the same person; that which is new may be of a familiar or even of an ancient sort, as a new copy of an old book. Young and youthful are applied to that which has life; that which is young is possessed of a comparatively new existence as a living thing, possessing actual youth; that which is youthful manifests the attributes of youth. (Compare YOUTHFUL.) Fresh applies to that which has the characteristics of newness or youth, while capable of deterioration by lapse of time; that which is unworn, unspoiled, or unfaded; as, a fresh countenance, fresh eggs, fresh flowers. New is opposed to old, modern to ancient, recent to remote, young to old, aged, etc.

   See synonyms for OLD.

   Synonyms:
   fresh, juvenile, late, new, new-fangled, new-fashioned, new-made, novel, recent, upstart, young, youthful

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1. modern

   Synonyms:
   present, existent, new, new-fangled, new-fashioned, recent, late, novel, later

   Antonyms:
   past, bygone, former, olden, ancient, old-fashioned, antiquated, obsolete

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1. modernnoun

   a contemporary person

   Synonyms:
   modern font

   Antonyms:
   old style font, old style, unstylish, regressive, classic, medieval, early, horse-and-buggy, gothic, middle, old-world, classical, Victorian, mediaeval, antebellum, unfashionable, nonmodern

2. modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni fontadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   modern font

   Antonyms:
   old style, old style font, Victorian, regressive, early, horse-and-buggy, old-world, medieval, classic, gothic, mediaeval, unstylish, classical, nonmodern, middle, unfashionable, antebellum

3. modernadjective

   belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

   "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"

   Synonyms:
   forward-looking, modernistic, advanced, mod, innovative

   Antonyms:
   old style, old style font, antebellum, gothic, horse-and-buggy, unfashionable, regressive, classic, mediaeval, nonmodern, early, unstylish, middle, old-world, Victorian, classical, medieval

4. mod, modern, modernisticadjective

   relating to a recently developed fashion or style

   "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

   Synonyms:
   modernistic, advanced, mod, innovative, forward-looking

   Antonyms:
   old style font, old style, horse-and-buggy, gothic, nonmodern, old-world, unfashionable, regressive, medieval, unstylish, middle, antebellum, mediaeval, early, Victorian, classic, classical

5. modernadjective

   characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

   Synonyms:
   forward-looking, modernistic, advanced, mod, innovative

   Antonyms:
   old style font, old style, unfashionable, early, classic, nonmodern, old-world, antebellum, mediaeval, medieval, regressive, classical, horse-and-buggy, unstylish, gothic, Victorian, middle

6. advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modernadjective

   ahead of the times

   "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"

   Synonyms:
   sophisticated, innovative, advance(a), mod, advanced, modernistic, ripe, innovational, advanced(a), groundbreaking, forward-looking, in advance(p)

   Antonyms:
   old style font, old style, early, regressive, mediaeval, classical, old-world, gothic, medieval, unfashionable, middle, horse-and-buggy, Victorian, unstylish, nonmodern, classic, antebellum

7. Modern, Newadjective

   used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

   "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

   Synonyms:
   newfangled, innovative, forward-looking, novel, mod, advanced, young, modernistic, raw, unexampled, new(a), fresh

   Antonyms:
   old style, old style font, mediaeval, early, Victorian, classic, middle, old-world, nonmodern, classical, horse-and-buggy, gothic, medieval, unstylish, regressive, antebellum, unfashionable

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1. modernadjective

   Synonyms:
   RECENT, late, new, novel, not ancient, not antique

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1. List of paraphrases for "modern":

   hyundai, modern-day, contemporary, modernization, moderne, haditha, modernized, up-to-date, modernes, moderna, hadithah, state-of-the-art, latter-day, modernity, advanced, recent, modernised, fashionable, modernizing, modernize, present-day, fledgling, modernisation, talk

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1. Charlton Heston:

   Skijoring is just something that people want to see, it's like Ben Hur on snow, the modern way. I love the speed, the adrenalin rush is something special. It's just unique.

2. Harald Krueger:

   With each generation of the 7 series we have brought our customers' needs to the road, adapting accordingly as time moved on, we are responding to the digitalization of modern mobility.

3. Forest McDonald:

   Americans who had traveled in Europe knew the 'free' European peasants suffered considerably greater oppression and misery than did American bondsman. Modern scholarship has shown that the exploitation rate -- the percentage of the worker's production that was taken from him by his owners -- was lower among the slaves than among European peasants, that work loads were light, and that slaves actually experienced a considerable measure of personal freedom.

4. Ayanna Pressley:

   A sixteen-year-old in 2021 possesses a wisdom and a maturity that comes from 2021 challenges, 2021 hardships, and 2021 threats, now is the time for us to demonstrate the courage that matches the challenges of the modern-day sixteen and seventeen-year-old.

5. Trump Jr.:

   I've been out hearing the left talking about all these things, fascism, Nazism on the right, and when you look at the actual history of how these things evolved, and when you actually look at that platform versus the platform of the modern left, you say wait a minute, those two are really heavily aligned and, frankly, contrary to the right.