English adjective: modern | |||
1. | modern belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | ||
Samples | Modern art. Modern furniture. Modern history. Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric. | ||
Similar | contemporary, modern-day, moderne, neo, red-brick, redbrick, ultramodern | ||
See also | current, late, new | ||
Attribute | contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity, modernness | ||
Antonyms | nonmodern | ||
2. | modern relating to a recently developed fashion or style | ||
Samples | Their offices are in a modern skyscraper. Tables in modernistic designs. | ||
Synonyms | mod, modernistic | ||
Similar | fashionable, stylish | ||
Antonyms | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
3. | modern characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | ||
Similar | nonclassical | ||
Antonyms | classical, classic | ||
4. | modern ahead of the times | ||
Samples | The advanced teaching methods. Had advanced views on the subject. A forward-looking corporation. Is British industry innovative enough?. | ||
Synonyms | advanced, forward-looking, innovative | ||
Similar | progressive | ||
Antonyms | regressive | ||
5. | Modern used of a living language; being the current stage in its development | ||
Samples | Modern English. New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew. | ||
Synonyms | New | ||
Similar | late | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||
Antonyms | middle, early | ||
English noun: modern | |||
1. | modern (person) a contemporary person | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
2. | modern (communication) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | ||
Synonyms | Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern font | ||
Broader (hypernym) | proportional font | ||
Antonyms | old style, old style font | ||