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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| Antonyms: | ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, outdated, passe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | red-hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective4 |
| Definition: | newest |
| Synonyms: | au courant, contemporary, fresh, latest, mod*, modern, hippest*, most recent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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