Modern
[n] a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
[n] a contemporary person
[adj] characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
[adj] (linguistics) used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
[adj] relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
[adj] belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
[adj] ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
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Synonyms
advanced, Bodoni, Bodoni font, contemporary, fashionable, forward-looking, innovative, late, mod, modern font, modern-day, Moderne, modernistic, neo, New, nonclassical, progressive, recent, stylish, ultramodern
Related Terms
a la mode, actual, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, arriviste, as is, avant-garde, being, brand-new, bright young man, chic, coincident, comer, concomitant, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, existent, existing, extant, far out, fas