| Main Entry: | cutting edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
Synonyms: |
advance guard, advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, front line, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, newest technology, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional |
Antonyms: |
after, behind |
| Main Entry: | current |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemporary; common |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, afoot, circulating, common knowledge, customary, cutting-edge, doing, existent, extant, fad, fashionable, general, going around, hot*, in, in circulation, in progress, in the mainstream, in the news, in use, in vogue, instant, leading-edge, mod, modern, now*, on front burner, ongoing, popular, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, state-of-the-art, swinging, topical, trendy, up-to-date, widespread |
Antonyms: |
antiquated, old, old-fashioned, past, uncommon, uncontemporary |
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
Synonyms: |
beginning, center, cutting-edge, focus, fore, forepart, front, lead, leading-edge, limelight, on the line, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
back, background, rear, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | futuristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead of one's time |
Synonyms: |
advanced, cutting edge, innovative, modern, pioneering, revolutionary, visionary |
| Main Entry: | groundbreaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pioneering |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, cutting-edge, innovating, innovative, leading-edge, radical, revolutionary, spearheading, trailblazing, trendsetting |
| Main Entry: | innovation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, novelty |
Synonyms: |
addition, alteration, contraption, cutting edge*, departure, deviation, introduction, last word, latest thing, leading edge, modernism, modernization, modification, mutation, newness, notion, permutation, shift, variation, vicissitude, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
custom, habit, old, old hat, rut, tradition |
| Main Entry: | innovative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, breaking new ground, contemporary, cutting-edge, deviceful, ingenious, innovational, innovatory, inventive, just out, leading-edge, new, newfangled, original, originative, state-of-the-art |
Antonyms: |
customary, habitual, old, traditional, uncreative, unimaginative |
| Main Entry: | knife |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting tool |
Synonyms: |
bayonet, blade, bolo, cutlass, cutter, cutting edge, dagger, edge, lance, lancet, machete, point, ripper, sabre, scalpel, scimitar, scythe, shank, shiv, sickle, skewer, skiver, steel, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tickler |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first place, supremacy |
Synonyms: |
advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, title role, top, top spot, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
last |