Dictionary Check: modern

"modern" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 11 points

Definition

adjective

used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

Example: "Modern English"
Synonyms:
adjective

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

Example: "modern art"
Antonyms:
adjective

relating to a recently developed fashion or style

Example: "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"
Synonyms:
adjective

characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

adjective

ahead of the times

Example: "the advanced teaching methods"
noun

a contemporary person

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