Synonyms of modernists

modernists

noun

plural of modernist

as in liberals

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

• liberals
• moderns
• revolutionaries
• progressives
• ultramodernists
• leftists
• radicals
• extremists
• reformists
• reformers
• bohemians
• revolutionists
• lefties
• neophiliacs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reactionaries
• conservatives
• fossils
• fogies
• antediluvians
• rightists
• Tories
• veterans
• traditionalists
• right-wingers
• old-timers
• standpatters
• old hands
• conformists
• fuddy-duddies
• dodoes
• stick-in-the-muds
• neoconservatives
• neocons
• paleoconservatives
• diehards
• archconservatives
• squares
• stuffed shirts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernists

Dadiba Pundole, whose Mumbai gallery represented several leading Indian modernists during their lifetimes, estimates that as many as one in 10 modern artworks sold privately in India could be fake. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Across four days and 13 concerts, Salonen threaded his contemporaries, neglected Italian modernists, Lutoslawski and Ligeti, Stravinsky with his own works into Ojai’s alfresco soundscape of birdsong, film screenings and experiments. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Often, modernists didn’t have a coherent vision of the body so much as a criticism of it. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026

But there’s also rare Togo Fireside chairs in a deep tobacco color, the classic Eames lounge chair, and a moody brown Ellison Studios Muse sofa inspired by the Italian modernists of the 1970s. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026

There’s a tremendous sense of movement to her prose, combined with a ground-level lens that brings to mind early 20th century modernists. — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026

Conrad Buff was one of the most significant modernists in California who has remained relatively unknown — until now. — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025