Synonyms of modernist

modernist 1 of 2

noun

as in liberal

a person with very modern ideas

a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liberal
• modern
• revolutionary
• leftist
• ultramodernist
• progressive
• reformist
• extremist
• radical
• bohemian
• lefty
• revolutionist
• neophiliac
• reformer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fossil
• reactionary
• conservative
• rightist
• fogy
• Tory
• stick-in-the-mud
• traditionalist
• veteran
• dodo
• right-winger
• old hand
• antediluvian
• standpatter
• conformist
• fuddy-duddy
• old-timer
• neoconservative
• neocon
• Bourbon
• square
• archconservative
• diehard
• Colonel Blimp
• stuffed shirt
• paleoconservative

modernist

2 of 2

adjective

as in modern

Related Words

• modern
• contemporary
• modernistic
• ultramodern
• present-day
• current
• newfangled
• new age
• state-of-the-art
• designer
• new
• chic
• up-to-date
• fashionable
• stylish
• mod
• space-age
• red-hot
• new-fashioned
• fresh
• modernized
• latest
• hot
• futuristic
• nontraditional
• updated
• smart
• renewed
• latter-day
• high-tech
• last
• refurbished
• recent
• remodeled

Dissimilar Words

• antique
• old-world
• retro
• vintage
• old-time
• old-school
• old-fashioned
• quaint
• retrograde
• antiquated
• historical
• traditional
• obsolete
• historic
• old-timey
• moldy
• oldfangled
• olden
• rinky-dink

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernist

Noun

Eventually, as lesser talents copied the techniques without the wit, the novelty wore thin, giving modernist cuisine a bad name. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

If midcentury or Italian modernist pieces aren’t your style, 2Modern also stocks more traditional office furniture for a wider range of aesthetics. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

The Chemosphere, John Lautner’s modernist UFO hovering above Hollywood Hills. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Through the ball’s circular shape and its lack of color, the painting knowingly winks at Piet Mondrian’s Composition 10 in Black and White (1915), then defiles the Dutch modernist’s aesthetic purity. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Its Cotton rooms are bright and quiet, overlooking one of the typical block patios of Barcelona’s modernist Eixample district, as well as the hotel’s delightful interior courtyard. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

With Carrie, the architect of an elaborate dollhouse, and Florine, a painter whose iconoclastic canvases have made their way into the modernist canon, Ettie hosted a salon frequented by the day’s avant garde. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

The modernist, mechanistic view of the world where humans are separate and death is the end doesn’t hold true to my experience. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

At Grill, which celebrates its centennial this year, a recent renovation has restored the Weimar-era Art Deco design of German modernist Emil Fahrenkamp. — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Since founding his multidisciplinary design firm, 22RE, in 2021, Levin has drawn enthusiasm for his sensual, modernist approach to retail and residential interiors. — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026

Fans of modernist architecture will find much else to enjoy, too – not least in Ibirapuera Park, with its striking array of mid-century buildings by Oscar Niemeyer, including the pavilion that now houses the superb Museu Afro Brasil. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Almost 30 years after his prize-winning debut, this will be the third time the French designer marks a major moment at the modernist villa. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, 159 Pages Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is a modernist classic that tells the story of one family’s recurring vacation to Scotland’s Isle of Skye. — Arabella Hau, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

In the early 1960s, California real estate developer Joseph Eichler took his passion for modernist architecture to San Francisco, working with the architect Claude Oakland to design 104 single-family homes in the city’s Diamond Heights neighborhood. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026

McBride reflects on Queen Mab’s protagonist, a 23-year-old graduate student of Victorian and modernist literature, who struggles to bond with her baby and begins to fear that her child is a changeling. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

The mews, at the back of the three-acre property, is a modernist addition with 21 guestrooms, some with private terrace gardens that have just been planted. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

David Chipperfield’s transformation softens Eero Saarinen’s modernist icon, while interiors by Joseph Dirand make this an unashamedly glamorous space. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026