Modern meaning

What does “modern” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“modern” is a noun and adjective with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a contemporary person.

modern

noun

  1. a contemporary person

  2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

    Oppositesold style

adjective

  1. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

    “modern art”

    “modern furniture”

    Oppositesnonmodern
  2. relating to a recently developed fashion or style

    “their offices are in a modern skyscraper”

    “tables in modernistic designs”

  3. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

  4. ahead of the times

    “the advanced teaching methods”

    “had advanced views on the subject”

  5. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

    “Modern English”

    “New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew”

    SynonymsNew

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University