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Definitions for Modern

[1] of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
[2] characteristic of present and recent time; contemporary; not antiquated or obsolete: modern viewpoints.
[3] of or relating to the historical period following the Middle Ages: modern European history.
[4] of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc., that reject traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasize individual experimentation and sensibility.
[5] (initial capital letter ) new(def 12) .
[6] Typography . noting or descriptive of a font of numerals in which the body aligns on the baseline, as 1234567890. Compare old style(def 3) .
[7] a person of modern times.
[8] a person whose views and tastes are modern.
[9] Printing . a type style differentiated from old style by heavy vertical strokes and straight serifs.
[10] of, involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary
[11] of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind
[12] belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present
[13] a contemporary person
[14] printing a type style that originated around the beginning of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes Compare old face

Words related to Modern

state-of-the-art, contemporary, current, stylish, present-day, novel, concomitant, avant-garde, present, latest, now, recent, today, coincident, concurrent, fresh, late, modernistic, modish, newfangled

Words nearby Modern

moderation, moderationist, moderations, moderato, moderator, modern, modern apprenticeship, modern art, modern cut, modern dance, modern english

Origin of Modern

1490–1500; < Middle French moderne < Late Latin modernus, equivalent to Latin mod(o ), mod(ō ) lately, just now (orig. ablative singular of modus mode1) + -ernus adj. suffix of time

Other words from Modern

mod·ern·ly , adverb
mod·ern·ness , noun
an·ti·mod·ern , adjective, noun
an·ti·mod·ern·ly , adverb
an·ti·mod·ern·ness , noun
hy·per·mod·ern , adjective
non·mod·ern , adjective, noun
non·mod·ern·ly , adverb
non·mod·ern·ness , noun
pre·mod·ern , adjective
pro·mod·ern , adjective
pseu·do·mod·ern , adjective
qua·si-mod·ern , adjective
su·per·mod·ern , adjective
un·mod·ern , adjective

Word origin for Modern

C16: from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from modō (adv) just recently, from modus mode

Synonyms for Modern

contemporary, current, modernized, present-day, state-of-the-art, stylish, avant-garde, concomitant, latest, novel, now, present, recent, today, coincident, concurrent, contempo, cutting-edge, fresh, last word, late, latter-day, leading-edge, modernistic, modish, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, prevailing, prevalent, twenty-first century, up-to-the-minute, with-it