modern meaning and definition

MODERN noun

Definition of modern (noun)

1. a contemporary person
2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
   • synonyms: Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern font
   • antonym: old style

MODERN adjective

Definition of modern (adjective)

1. belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
   • "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
   • antonym: nonmodern
2. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
   • "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
   • synonyms: mod, modernistic
3. characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
4. ahead of the times
   • "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
   • synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative
5. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
   • "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
   • synonyms: New