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, 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:
   modern, 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, modern, 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. Anne Bayefsky:

   Touro Institute on Human Rights is modern antisemitism on a global scale.

2. Robert Steedman:

   The new pipeline will be built to modern standards and will operate with improved safety and reliability.

3. Guillemette Andreu:

   The museum, founded in 1824, is filled with treasures found in digs commissioned by Savoy kings and completed with the finds of Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The vast holdings include a captivating statue of Ramses II, one of the world's most important papyrus collections and nearly the entire contents of an architect's tomb dating back well over 3,000 years. The large-scale renovations nearly doubled the space, allowing many artifacts to be taken out of storage and a more complete and modern exposition of those already on display. The museum remained open during the years of work, rotating closures of wings. `' It is a very important improvement from an archaeological and Egyptological point of view.

4. Albert Einstein, "Autobiographical Notes":

   It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

5. Emil Wiechert:

   So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm of the small we shall reach the ultimate foundations of the universe. I believe we can abandon this idea without any regret. The universe is infinite in all directions, not only above us in the large but also below us in the small.