modern

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Noun

Someone who lives in modern times.

Concepts

modern

new

contemporary

current

up-to-date

recent

fresh

novel

fashionable

present-day

advanced

latest

present

newfangled

young

stylish

later

present day

newest

modern-day

ultramodern

late

modish

latter-day

mod

modernistic

forward-looking

innovative

Bodoni

Bodoni font

modern font

up to date

modernist

classy

dashing

posh

most recent

new-style

new-fashioned

in the fashion

smart

swinging

today

of recent origin

person of modern times

advocate of revival

mod.

timely

with-it

up-dated

green

juvenile

junior

coeval

contemporaneous

synchronous

strange

unfamiliar

be civilized

progressive

new-age

Modern

trendy

innovator

modernizer

of today

nowadays

actual

renew

unused

now

new fangled

lately

momentary

temporary

Hyphenated as

mod‧ern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒd(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.

Sentences

She is Professor of Modern Political History at Utrecht University .

Quibell was originally trained under Flinders Petrie , the father of modern Egyptology .

Modern poi coexists with traditional Maori poi and enjoys a broader , worldwide audience .