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Synonyms for avant-gardes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-vahnt-gahrd, uh-vant-, av-ahnt-, ah-vahnt-; French a-vahn-gard |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌvɑntˈgɑrd, əˌvænt-, ˌæv ɑnt-, ˌɑ vɑnt-; French a vɑ̃ˈgard |
Top 10 synonyms for avant-gardes Other synonyms for the word avant-gardes
- advance guard
- advancement
- all the rage
- avant-garde
- brain
- braintruster
- craze
- creator
- discoverer
- egghead
- Einstein
- fad
- fore
- freethinker
- front
- genius
- groundbreaker
- highbrow
- hip
- iconoclast
- in vogue
- innovation
- insurgent
- insurrectionist
- intelligentsia
- invention
- latest wrinkle
- leading edge
- left-winger
- leftist
- look
- militant
- mode
- mutineer
- new look
- new wave
- newest technology
- nihilist
- nonconformist
- objector
- pacifist
- philosopher
- pioneer
- point
- prequel
- progressive
- pundit
- rebel
- reformer
- renegade
- revolter
- revolutionary
- rioter
- sage
- scholar
- secessionist
- spearhead
- subversive
- the in thing
- the last word
- the latest cry
- the latest fad
- the latest thing
- the newest fashion
- thinker
- trailblazer
- trendsetter
- ultraist
- van
- vanguard
- vogue
- whiz
- wizard
Définition of avant-gardes
Origin :- (also avant garde, avantgarde); French, literally "advance guard" (see avant + guard (n.)). Used in English 15c.-18c. in a literal, military sense; borrowed again 1910 as an artistic term for "pioneers or innovators of a particular period." Also used around the same time in communist and anarchist publications. As an adjective, by 1925.
- The avant-garde générale, avant-garde stratégique, or avant-garde d'armée is a strong force (one, two, or three army corps) pushed out a day's march to the front, immediately behind the cavalry screen. Its mission is, vigorously to engage the enemy wherever he is found, and, by binding him, to ensure liberty of action in time and space for the main army. ["Sadowa," Gen. Henri Bonnal, transl. C.F. Atkinson, 1907]
- As in innovator : noun inventor
- As in intellectual : noun very smart person
- As in radical : noun person who advocates significant, often extreme change
- As in cutting edge : noun leading position
- As in dernier cri : noun latest fashion
Antonyms for avant-gardes
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