advanced

ad·vanced

adjective

Definition of ADVANCED

1

: far on in time or course <a man advanced in years>

2

a : being beyond others in progress or ideas <tastes a bit too advanced for the times>

b : being beyond the elementary or introductory <advanced chemistry>

c : greatly developed beyond an initial stage <the most advanced scientific methods> <advanced weapons systems>

d : much evolved from an early ancestral type <bees and other advanced insects> <advanced traits>

Examples of ADVANCED

1. The school has courses for elementary, intermediate, and advanced students.
2. The book explains both basic and advanced techniques.
3. The system has many advanced features.
4. The disease is in an advanced stage.
5. an advanced form of cancer

First Known Use of ADVANCED

1534

Related to ADVANCED

Synonyms

developed, evolved, forward, high, higher, improved, late, progressive, refined

Antonyms

backward, low, lower, nonprogressive, primitive, retarded, rude, rudimentary, undeveloped

Related Words

precocious; full-blown, full-fledged, full-scale; aged, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened; civilized, educated, enhanced, enlightened; contemporary, current, cutting-edge, latest, leading-edge, mod, modern, new, newest, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, recent, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date

Near Antonyms

green, immature, underdeveloped, undersized (also undersize), underweight, unripe, unripened; savage, uncivilized, uneducated; early, embryonic, germinal, primeval, primordial; antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past