belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; modern art; modern furniture; modern history; totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric'

a contemporary person

a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

[ Syn: modern font , bodoni , bodoni font ]

relating to a recently developed fashion or style; their offices are in a modern skyscraper; tables in modernistic designs;

[ Syn: mod , modernistic ]

characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

ahead of the times; the advanced teaching methods; had advanced views on the subject; a forward-looking corporation; is British industry innovative enough?

[ Syn: advanced , forward-looking , innovative ]

used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; Modern English; New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew

[ Syn: modern , new ]