Antonyms for leading-edge
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : lee-ding |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈli dɪŋ |
- after
- ancient
- antiquated
- back
- background
- behind
- conservative
- conventional
- customary
- fruitless
- future
- habitual
- impotent
- inept
- moderate
- obsolete
- old
- old-fashioned
- outdated
- passe
- past
- preceding
- rear
- succeeding
- traditional
- uncommon
- uncontemporary
- uncreative
- unfruitful
- ungifted
- unimaginative
- unimportance
- uninspired
- unproductive
- untalented
- worn
Definition of leading-edge
- As in innovative : adj creative
- As in modern : adj new, up-to-date
- As in avant-garde : adj unconventional, forward-looking
- As in ultramodern : adj up-to-date
- As in latter-day : adj modern
- As in synchronic : adj contemporary
- As in up-to-the-minute : adj contemporary
- As in contemporary : adj modern
- As in advanced : adj ahead in position, time, manner
- As in creative : adj artistic, imaginative
- As in current : adj contemporary; common
- As in groundbreaking : adj pioneering
- As in leading edge : noun forward edge
- As in forefront/foreground : noun prominence
Synonyms for leading-edge
- Ã la mode
- abreast
- accepted
- accustomed
- advanced
- afoot
- ahead of its time
- au courant
- avant-garde
- beat
- beginning
- breaking new ground
- breakthrough
- center
- circulating
- clever
- coetaneous
- coeval
- coexistent
- coincident
- common knowledge
- concomitant
- concurrent
- contempo
- contemporaneous
- contemporary
- cool
- current
- customary
- cutting edge
- cutting-edge
- demiurgic
- deviceful
- doing
- excellent
- exceptional
- existent
- experimental
- extant
- extreme
- fad
- fashionable
- fertile
- first
- focus
- fore
- forefront
- foremost
- forepart
- formative
- forward
- fresh
- front
- front edge
- futuristic
- general
- gifted
- going around
- head
- higher
- hip
- hot
- hot off press
- in
- in circulation
- in fashion
- in progress
- in the mainstream
- in the news
- in use
- in vogue
- ingenious
- innovating
- innovational
- innovative
- innovatory
- inspired
- instant
- inventive
- just out
- last word
- late
- latest
- latter-day
- lead
- leading
- leading-edge
- liberal
- limelight
- mod
- modern
- modernistic
- modernized
- modish
- neoteric
- new
- new wave
- new-fashioned
- newfangled
- nontraditional
- novel
- now
- on front burner
- on the line
- ongoing
- original
- originative
- pioneering
- point
- popular
- precocious
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- prevalent
- productive
- progressive
- prolific
- radical
- rampant
- recent
- red-hot
- regnant
- revolutionary
- rife
- ruling
- spearhead
- spearheading
- state-of-the-art
- stimulating
- stylish
- swinging
- synchronous
- today
- topical
- trailblazing
- trendsetting
- trendy
- twenty-first century
- ultramodern
- unconventional
- up
- up-to-date
- up-to-the-minute
- van
- vanguard
- visionary
- voguish
- way out
- widespread
- with it
- with-it
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