Antonyms for modern
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mod-ern |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒd ərn |
Definition of modern
Origin :- c.1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measure" (see mode (n.1)). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909.
- In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day, ordinary, commonplace." Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern art is from 1807 (by contrast to ancient); modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern jazz is from 1954. Modern conveniences first recorded 1926.
- adj new, up-to-date
- The Athenian slave laws were much more mild than modern codes.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Deigma—A place in the Piræus, corresponding to the modern Exchange.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Even the village was too human, too modern, for his early-pagan mood.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- A modern example of the effects it is capable of is recorded by Tartini.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- In painting, we believe we possess a school second to none of modern art.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- For the most part this stand is taken by the intellectuals in all modern countries.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I was not working on what our modern idiom neatly summarises as "my own."
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Mammon is the word which the modern translator gives as gold.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- For the fanatic is one of the hinges which swing the door of the modern world.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He felt that modern methods and the best usage might not have approved of the bag.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for modern
- avant-garde
- coincident
- concomitant
- concurrent
- contempo
- contemporary
- current
- cutting-edge
- fresh
- last word
- late
- latest
- latter-day
- leading-edge
- modernistic
- modernized
- modish
- neoteric
- new-fashioned
- newfangled
- novel
- now
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- prevalent
- recent
- state-of-the-art
- stylish
- today
- twenty-first century
- up-to-the-minute
- with-it
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