What is the synonym for modern?

Answer 1

modern

adj 1. of,

involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary

2. of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools

of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind

3. belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the

Middle Ages to the present n a contemporary

person From Old French, from Late Latin

modernus, from modō (adv) just recently, from modus

mode ◆ modernness n

modern apprenticeship

n an arrangement that allows a school leaver to gain vocational

qualifications while being trained in a job

Modern English

n the English language since about 1450, esp any of the standard forms

developed from the S East Midland dialect of Middle English

modernism

n 1. modern tendencies,

characteristics, thoughts, etc, or the support of these 2. something

typical of contemporary life or thought 3. a 20th-century divergence in

the arts from previous traditions, esp in architecture →

International Style 4. capital RC Church, the movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th

centuries that sought to adapt doctrine to the supposed requirements of modern

thought ◆

modernist adj n ◆ modernistic adj ◆ modernistically adv

modernity

n (pl -ties ) 1. the

quality or state of being modern 2. something modern

modernize , modernise [ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz]

vb 1. (tr) to make modern in appearance or

style, to modernize a room 2. (intr) to adopt modern ways, ideas,

etc ◆

modernization modernisation n

◆ modernizer moderniser n

modern pentathlon

n an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding

with jumps, Fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and

cross-country running

Answer 2

New, up-to-date

Answer 3

Update

Answer 4

Contemporary.