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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How to use Modern in a sentence?

1. Joseph Wood Krutch:

   A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other 'modern means of communication' ... can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.

2. George Santayana:

   Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

3. Yuriy Ignat:

   Russia is fighting with modern weapons -- missiles, hypersonic missiles. Therefore, we need Western weapons that are technologically as good as Russian ones. I am talking about NATO Integrated Air Defense System, F-15 Eagle or F-16 Fighting Falcon. They may be not used or decommissioned -- but they could serve the Ukrainian army, with these weapons, we could confront the enemy on our own, we could close the sky.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunites for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

5. Maxime Aubert:

   To me, the most fascinating aspect of our research is that humanity's oldest cave art is at least 44,000 years old and it already has all the key components relating to modern cognition, [ like ] hand stencils, figurative art, storytelling, therianthropes and religious thinking, so it must have a much older origin, possibly in Africa or soon after we left Africa.