Synonyms of modernistic

modernistic

adjective

as in modern

being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles

a trendy hotel with modernistic room lamps that required some figuring just to turn on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• modern
• new
• contemporary
• fashionable
• stylish
• current
• ultramodern
• designer
• futuristic
• modernized
• newfangled
• present-day
• latest
• state-of-the-art
• up-to-date
• new age
• space-age
• new-fashioned
• up-to-the-minute
• hot
• red-hot
• mod
• recent
• modish
• updated
• nouvelle
• in
• now
• high-tech
• last
• happening
• latter-day

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• archaic
• antiquated
• old-fashioned
• anachronistic
• old-time
• old
• ancient
• out-of-date
• historical
• fusty
• antediluvian
• dated
• historic
• past
• musty
• hoary
• former
• age-old
• bygone
• antique
• olden
• venerable
• late
• aged
• retro
• outmoded
• retrograde
• obsolete
• passé
• old-world
• outworn
• oldfangled
• discarded
• timeless
• disused
• remote
• ageless
• forgotten
• unmodernized
• moth-eaten
• kaput
• dateless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernistic

The design is more modernistic than futuristic, different but still relatable. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026

Front and center is a large blue modernistic disc known as a Keystone Sparton Nocturne radio from 1935. — Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026

Vessel’s starkly sharp architecture — critics call it cold or even brutally modernistic — has drawn pushback in several affluent suburbs, but its supporters say opposition is often based on a reluctance to bring lower- to moderate-income people into upscale neighborhoods. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026

Jin’s modernistic work is unlike traditional jewels typically seen on tuxedo lapels — and perhaps that’s precisely why Brody enjoys wearing these artful pieces also seen with his look at the 2025 Oscars. — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026

Others suggested the 50-foot steel sculpture was a bird, a horse, a Viking ship, a baboon or a modernistic representation of Picasso’s dog. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025