avant-garde

Meaning

  1. vanguard
  2. avant-garde, firing line

Concepts

vanguard

avant-garde

advance guard

forefront

avant-guard

van

new wave

avantgarde

front line

scout party

first

head

lead

advance-guard

campaigner

champion

pioneer

protagonist

spearhead

cutting edge

fringe

Frequency

20k
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French avantgarde. By surface analysis, avant (“before, in front of”) + garde (“guard”).

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