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Synonyms for avantgarde
Grammar : Adj, 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 avantgarde
- à la mode
- abreast
- accelerating
- adroit
- advance guard
- advanced
- advancement
- advancing
- affected
- ahead of its time
- all the rage
- alternative
- anarchistic
- arch
- artificial
- artistic
- at cutting edge
- atypical
- au courant
- avant-garde
- beat
- bizarre
- bleeding-heart
- blue-sky
- bohemian
- boss
- brain
- brain wave
- braintruster
- brave
- breaking ground
- breaking new ground
- breakthrough
- broad
- broad-minded
- catholic
- causative
- character
- chi-chi
- chic
- clever
- coincident
- concealed
- concomitant
- concurrent
- conspicuous
- constructive
- contempo
- continuing
- cool
- covert
- craze
- crazy
- creative
- creator
- curious
- cutting edge
- cutting-edge
- Daliesque
- dashing
- deep
- demiurgic
- dernier cri
- developing
- deviant
- deviceful
- discoverer
- doctor
- dreamy
- dynamic
- eccentric
- egghead
- Einstein
- eminent
- enlightened
- enterprising
- erratic
- escalating
- esoteric
- excellent
- exceptional
- exotic
- expedient
- experimental
- extraordinary
- extravagant
- extreme
- extremist
- fabulous
- fad
- faddish
- fanatic
- fanciful
- fantastic
- far cry
- far out
- far-out
- fashionable
- fertile
- fictive
- firebrand
- first
- fitting
- flaky
- flexible
- fore
- forefront
- foremost
- forgetive
- formative
- forward
- forward-looking
- freak
- freakish
- freaky
- free
- free and easy
- freethinker
- fresh
- front
- front line
- fruitful
- funky
- funny
- futuristic
- general
- genius
- gifted
- go-ahead
- gradual
- graduated
- groovy
- groundbreaker
- happening
- head
- hidden
- high-flown
- high-minded
- highbrow
- higher
- hip
- hippie
- hot
- humanistic
- humanitarian
- hush-hush
- hypogeal
- hypogean
- hypogeous
- iconoclast
- idiosyncratic
- imaginative
- in
- in fashion
- in style
- in the latest style
- in thing
- in vogue
- in with it
- in-thing
- inaugural
- increasing
- individual
- individualistic
- indulgent
- informal
- ingenious
- initial
- innovating
- innovation
- innovational
- innovative
- innovatory
- inspired
- insurgent
- insurrectionist
- intelligent
- intelligentsia
- intensifying
- interested
- invention
- inventive
- irregular
- just out
- kinky
- kooky
- last word
- late
- latest
- latest fad
- latest fashion
- latest thing
- latest wrinkle
- latitudinarian
- latter-day
- lead
- leading
- leading edge
- leading-edge
- left
- left of center
- left-winger
- leftist
- lenient
- liberal
- libertarian
- loner
- look
- loose
- magnanimous
- mannered
- militant
- mod
- mode
- modern
- modernistic
- modernized
- modish
- most recent
- mutineer
- neat
- neoteric
- new
- new look
- new wave
- new-fashioned
- newest
- newest technology
- newfangled
- nifty
- nihilist
- nonconformist
- nonconformist. quirky
- nontraditional
- noteworthy
- novel
- now
- objector
- odd
- oddball
- off the beaten track
- off the wall
- off-the-wall
- offbeat
- on the cutting edge
- on the QT
- on the sly
- ongoing
- onward
- open-minded
- opportune
- original
- originative
- ostentatious
- out in left field
- out of the ordinary
- out of this world
- out-of-the-way
- outlandish
- outstanding
- pacifist
- peculiar
- permissive
- philosopher
- pie-in-the-sky
- pioneer
- pioneering
- poetic
- poetical
- point
- pop
- popular
- posturing
- precocious
- prequel
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- prevalent
- primary
- prime
- private
- prodigious
- productive
- progressive
- pundit
- puzzling
- quaint
- queer
- quirky
- quixotic
- rad
- radical
- rare
- rational
- reasonable
- rebel
- receiving
- recent
- receptive
- red-hot
- reformer
- reformist
- remarkable
- renegade
- resistant
- resistive
- resourceful
- revolter
- revolutionary
- rioter
- romantic
- sage
- scholar
- secessionist
- sensational
- singular
- smart
- spacey
- spearhead
- spearheading
- special
- state of the art
- state-of-the-art
- strange
- stylish
- subterranean
- subversive
- suitable
- super
- surreptitious
- swank
- swell
- teeming
- the in thing
- the last word
- the latest cry
- the latest fad
- the latest thing
- the newest fashion
- thinker
- timely
- today
- tolerant
- trailblazer
- trailblazing
- trendsetter
- trendsetting
- trendy
- twenty-first century
- ultamodern
- ultraist
- ultramodern
- unbiased
- unbigoted
- unbowed
- uncanny
- unceremonious
- uncommon
- unconventional
- uncustomary
- under wraps
- undercover
- understanding
- unfamiliar
- unimaginable
- unique
- unordinary
- unorthodox
- unparalleled
- unprecedented
- unprejudiced
- unthinkable
- untraditional
- unusual
- unwonted
- up
- up-and-coming
- up-to-date
- up-to-the-minute
- utopian
- van
- vanguard
- very unconventional
- visionary
- vivid
- vogue
- way out
- way-out
- weird
- weirdo
- whimsical
- whiz
- wide
- wild
- with it
- with-it
- wizard
- wonderful
Définition of avantgarde
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 innovative : adj creative
- As in inventive : adj creative
- As in liberal : adj progressive
- As in modern : adj new, up-to-date
- As in novel : adj new, original
- As in odd/oddball : adj unusual, abnormal
- As in pioneer : adj early, first
- As in avant-garde : adj unconventional, forward-looking
- As in progressive : adj liberal; growing
- As in revolutionary : adj new, progressive
- As in singular : adj unique, odd
- As in state-of-the-art : adj pertaining to highest level of development at time
- As in ultramodern : adj up-to-date
- As in unconventional : adj very different; odd
- As in underground : adj secret, subversive
- As in up-to-date : adj current
- As in way-out : adj unconventional
- As in far out : adj unusual
- As in camp : adj consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre
- As in in vogue : adj in the current style
- As in innovatory : adj inventive
- As in latter-day : adj modern
- As in liberalistic : adj liberal
- As in subterrestrial : adj underground
- As in advanced : adj ahead in position, time, manner
- As in far-out : adj unconventional and offbeat
- As in groundbreaking : adj pioneering
- As in imaginative : adj creative, inventive
- 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 avantgarde
- aboveground
- after
- ancient
- antiquated
- attached
- authorized
- behind
- calm
- combined
- common
- condoned
- conservative
- conventional
- customary
- dull
- economical
- familiar
- following
- formal
- future
- greedy
- ground
- habitual
- horrible
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- inept
- inferior
- intermittent
- intolerant
- known
- lacking
- last
- late
- later
- legal
- like
- limited
- mean
- mixed
- moderate
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- normal
- obsolete
- old
- old-fashioned
- open
- ordinary
- out
- out-of-date
- outdated
- overused
- passe
- past
- poor
- public
- real
- realistic
- reasonable
- regular
- secondary
- similar
- sky
- specific
- standard
- stolen
- thrifty
- together
- traditional
- typical
- uncreative
- unexceptional
- unfashionable
- ungenerous
- unimaginative
- uninventive
- unoriginal
- unremarkable
- unresourceful
- unromantic
- unstylish
- used
- usual
- wanting
- worn
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