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Main Entry: modern
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: new, up-to-date
Synonyms: avant-garde, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, contemporary, current, fresh, last word*, late, latest, modernistic, modish, newfangled*, novel, now, present, prevailing, prevalent, recent, state-of-the-art*, stylish, contempo, cutting-edge, latter-day, leading-edge, modernized, neoteric, new-fashioned, present-day, today, twenty- first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it*
Antonyms: ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe
Main Entry: chic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fashionable
Synonyms: chichi*, clean*, current, dapper, dashing, elegant, exclusive, last word*, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish, natty, sharp, smart, stylish, trendy, dap, faddish, swank, voguish, with-it*
Antonyms: dull, old-fashioned, unfashionable, out-moded
Main Entry: current
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contemporary; common
Synonyms: accepted, accustomed, afoot, circulating, customary, doing, extant, fad, fashionable, general, hot*, in vogue, instant, mod*, modern, now*, ongoing, popular, present, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, state-of-the-art, swinging, topical, trendy, up-to-date, widespread, common knowledge, cutting-edge, existent, going around, in, in circulation, in progress, in the mainstream, in the news, in use, leading-edge, on front burner, present-day
Antonyms: antiquated, old, old-fashioned, past, uncommon, uncontemporary
Main Entry: far-out
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unconventional and offbeat
Synonyms: Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool*, cool, deep*, deep, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, groovy, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out of this world, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful, out in left field, rad, rad, ultamodern, very unconventional
Main Entry: fashionable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stylish, up-to-date
Synonyms: chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in vogue, last word*, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, trendy, usual, with it*, a go-go, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, swank, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute, upscale, well-liked, á la mode
Antonyms: old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular
Main Entry: futuristic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ahead of one's time
Synonyms: advanced, cutting edge, innovative, modern, revolutionary, visionary, pioneering
Main Entry: hip
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fashionable, stylish
Synonyms: chic, chichi*, contemporary, cool*, current, hot*, in vogue, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, now, popular, smart, sophisticated, trendy, with it*, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, trendsetting
Main Entry: industrial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: related to manufacturing
Synonyms: automated, business, manufactured, manufacturing, mechanical, modern, streamlined, technical, factory-made, in industry, industrialized, machine-made, mechanized, smokestack
Antonyms: domestic
Main Entry: latter
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: latest, concluding
Synonyms: eventual, final, following, hindmost, lag, last, later, modern, recent, second, terminal, closing, last-mentioned, rearmost
Notes: last is the lowest in an ordering or series while latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned
latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned; former means referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned
Antonyms: earliest, former, preceding
Main Entry: metropolitan
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerning a city
Synonyms: city, cosmopolitan, modern, municipal, urban, urbane
Antonyms: country
Main Entry: music
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sounds that are pleasant, harmonized
Synonyms: a cappella, acoustic, air, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, piece, popular, rap, refrain, rock, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune, bebop, bop, heavy metal, opera, plainsong, ragtime, rock and roll
Antonyms: silence
Main Entry: newfangled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quite recent
Synonyms: contemporary, fashionable, fresh, in vogue, modern, modernistic, new, novel, popular, unique, gimmicky, neoteric, new-fashioned
Antonyms: old, old-fashioned, outmoded, old hack
Main Entry: progressive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: liberal; growing
Synonyms: advanced, avant-garde*, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, go-ahead*, gradual, graduated, increasing, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming*, up-to-date, wide, accelerating, advancing, bleeding-heart, developing, escalating, forward-looking, intensifying, left of center, reformist
Antonyms: conservative, moderate
Main Entry: recent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: current
Synonyms: contemporary, fresh, late, latter, modern, modernistic, new, newborn, newfangled, novel, up-to-date, young, contempo, hot off the fire, hot off the press, just out, latter-day, neoteric, present-day, the latest, today
Antonyms: earlier, future, old, past
Main Entry: state-of-the-art
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pertaining to highest level of development at time
Synonyms: advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, cutting edge*, cutting edge, fashionable, forefront, latest, leading edge, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, red-hot*, stylish, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-date, all the rage, brand-new, in, in-thing, most recent, newest, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute
Main Entry: timely
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: at the right time
Synonyms: appropriate, auspicious, convenient, favorable, fit, fitting, in the nick of time, judicious, likely, meet, modern, now, opportune, pat, promising, prompt, proper, propitious, prosperous, punctual, seasonable, suitable, up-to-date, well-timed, with it*, in good time, timeous, towardly, up-to-the-minute
Antonyms: inappropriate, inopportune, unsuitable, untimely
Main Entry: unprecedented
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exceptional, original
Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, eccentric, exotic, extraordinary, fantastic, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous, miraculous, modern, new, newfangled, novel, odd, out-of-the-way*, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, remarkable, signal, singular, uncommon, unheard-of, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual, outré, sui generis, unexampled
Antonyms: known, unexceptional, usual, unremarkable
Main Entry: up-to-date
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: current
Synonyms: abreast, advanced, au courant, avant-garde, contemporary, current, cutting edge*, cutting edge, dashing, expedient, fashionable, fitting, happening, hot*, in vogue, modern, modern, modernistic, modish, new, newfangled, now*, opportune, popular, red-hot*, state of the art, state-of-the-art*, stylish, suitable, timely, trendy, up*, with it*, all the rage, brand-new, faddish, in, in fashion, in-thing, neoteric, newest, today, up-to-the-minute, with-it, à la mode
Antonyms: old, out-of-date, outdated, past
Main Entry: young
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature
Synonyms: adolescent, blooming, blossoming, boyish, budding, callow, childish, childlike, crude, early, fledgling, fresh, girlish, green*, growing, ignorant, inexperienced, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, new, newborn, puerile, punk, raw, recent, tender, tenderfoot*, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unlearned, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal, youthful, boylike, burgeoning, developing, girllike, half-grown, newish, not aged, pubescent, unfledged, unpracticed
Antonyms: mature, old, older
Main Entry: red-hot
Part of Speech: adjective4
Definition: newest
Synonyms: au courant, contemporary, fresh, latest, mod*, modern, hippest*, most recent
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