avant

avant

adjective \ˈä-ˌvän(t), ˈa-, -ˌvȯn(t), -ˌvōⁿ\

Definition of AVANT

: culturally or stylistically advanced : avant-garde <avant jazz>

Examples of AVANT

1. <readers of this very avant novel should not expect to find much in the way of traditional narrative structure>

Origin of AVANT

French avant- fore-, front, from avant before, from Latin abante

First Known Use: 1965

Related to AVANT

Synonyms

advanced, avant-garde, cutting-edge, progressive, state-of-the-art

Related Words

pioneering, revolutionary, trailblazing; alternative, antiestablishment, nontraditional, unconventional, underground; bizarre, far-out, outré, way-out; fresh, new, novel, original; strange, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented; contemporary, current, hot, mod, modern, modernistic, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, red-hot, space-age, ultramodern, up-to-date

Near Antonyms

conventional, customary, established, orthodox, traditional

Rhymes with AVANT

avaunt, bacchant, bacchante, bouffant, courante, détente, entente, Fremont, gallant, grandaunt, piedmont, Piedmont, piquant, romaunt, savant, sirvente, Vermont