Synonyms for avant-garde
əˌvɑntˈgɑrd, əˌvænt-, ˌæv ɑnt-, ˌɑ vɑnt-; Fr. a vɑ̃ˈgardavan·t-garde

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1. avant-gardeadjective

   Synonyms:
   trendy, underground

2. avant-gardenoun

   Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

   It was a very avant-garde production.

   Synonyms:
   trendy, underground

3. avant-gardenoun

   Synonyms:
   vanguard

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1. avant-garde, vanguard, van, new waveadjective

   any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

   Synonyms:
   forefront, van, cutting edge, new wave, vanguard, caravan

   Antonyms:
   unoriginal

2. avant-garde, daringadjective

   radically new or original

   "an avant-garde theater piece"

   Synonyms:
   audacious, daring, venturous, venturesome

   Antonyms:
   unoriginal

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1. List of paraphrases for "avant-garde":

   vanguard, forefront, forward-thinking

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1. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   The avant-garde is attitude, principle, set of activities, set of performances, articulatory forms, positive objects and processes.

2. Jason Carey:

   We have Asian collectors, we have new buyers, we have collectors of contemporary art who are looking back to the avant-garde as well like artists such as Leger, there's really competing forces.

3. Paul Pairet:

   I chose Shanghai because there was already the ingredients. Obviously, the power of Shanghai, the energy of Shanghai... to free up Western cuisine based on curiosity, all these ingredients are very important, especially for the avant-garde.

4. Vladan Kuzmanovic:

   The avant-garde is a connotation, every act here is a connotative value. The whole series of avant-garde movements do not signify, and yet their concepts are reconnotation.