modern

²modern

noun

Definition of MODERN

1

a : a person of modern times or views b : an adherent of modernism : modernist

2

: a style of printing type distinguished by regularity of shape, precise curves, straight hairline serifs, and heavy downstrokes

Examples of MODERN

1. <the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place>

First Known Use of MODERN

1585

Related to MODERN

Synonyms: modernist, ultramodernist

Antonyms: antediluvian, dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, fuddy-duddy, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud

Related Words: neophiliac; leftist, lefty, liberal, progressive; extremist, radical, reformer, reformist, revolutionary, revolutionist; bohemian

Near Antonyms: conservative, rightist, right-winger, standpatter, Tory; old hand, old-timer, veteran; conformist, traditionalist; archconservative, Bourbon, diehard, neocon, neoconservative, paleoconservative; Colonel Blimp, square, stuffed shirt

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