advanced

1 being far along in development an advanced civilization, among the first anywhere to use the plow, developed on the banks of the Nile River thousands of years ago Synonyms developed, evolved, forward, high, higher, improved, late, progressive, refined 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antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past Antonyms backward, low, lower, nonprogressive, primitive, retarded, rude, rudimentary, undeveloped

2 being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques went to a very advanced school for gifted children Synonyms avant, avant-garde, cutting-edge, progressive, state-of-the-artRelated 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-dateNear Antonyms conventional, customary, established, orthodox, traditional