Thesaurus: modern

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.
2. a. New and common; trite; commonplace.
3. n. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.
4. adj. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
5. adj. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
6. adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
7. adj. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
8. adj. ahead of the times
9. n. a contemporary person
10. n. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
11. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope.