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. 1. 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. Bacon. 2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope.
12. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope.