modern
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for modern
Synonyms: Adjective
contemporary, current, designer, hot, mod, modernistic, new, new age, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute
Synonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Adjective
antiquated, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, passé
Antonyms: Noun
antediluvian, dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, fuddy-duddy, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud
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Examples of modern in a Sentence
Adjective
Water pollution is a growing problem in the modern world. He's known as the father of modern medicine. The English that was spoken by William Shakespeare is very different from the modern English spoken today. She is learning Modern Greek. They live in one of the most modern cities in the world. modern methods of communication including e-mail and the Internet She cut her long hair for a modern look. He made his old-fashioned apartment look more modern by changing the color of the walls and buying new furniture. Their latest movie is a modern version of a classic children's story. She has modern ideas about dating and marriage.Noun
the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Amazon is also offering some modern classics for streaming, including Election (1999) and Legally Blonde (2001) and 2010’s Oscar-nominated True Grit. — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, "Here's Everything New on Amazon Prime Video in September 2019," 1 Sep. 2019 Rove Concepts: Save big on modern furniture during Rove Concepts' Labor Day sale with code LABORDAY. — Jacob Krol, Noelle Ike And Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, "Labor Day Sales 2019: Your A-Z guide to shop on Sunday," 1 Sep. 2019 Clues are emerging about the unexpected influence of gene flow from ancient hominins on modern human populations before the latter left Africa. — Wired, "Humans and Neanderthals Kept Breeding—and Breeding—for Ages," 1 Sep. 2019 Michigan ran a no-huddle spread attack with plenty of modern wrinkles — many of which worked. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan football's new offense shines, despite sloppiness, in 40-21 win over MTSU," 31 Aug. 2019 Scientists have long sought to model ancient land use to accurately inform modern climate reconstructions and to set a start date for when humans first made their mark on the planet. — Mohi Kumar, Science | AAAS, "Ancient farmers irreversibly altered Earth’s face by 3000 years ago," 30 Aug. 2019 At its height in the 16th century, the Inca Empire spanned modern-day Peru, as well as parts of Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile. — Fox News, "World’s largest 'mass child sacrifice' site discovered in Peru: reports," 30 Aug. 2019 Also on tap are some modern amenities, including air conditioning and heating. — Daily Pilot, "Biz News: Newport’s Lido Theater to temporarily close for renovations," 30 Aug. 2019 The service was fairly long, and of course the little stone church lacked anything as modern as air conditioning. — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, "Sunday Bulletin Board: Four boys at a driving range, swinging as hard as they can. What could possibly go wrong?," 18 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The latest is a three-story modern on the banks of the Meteghan River in Nova Scotia, promoted as able to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. — Laura Parker, National Geographic, "How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage," 23 Aug. 2019 These were the Neanderthals and Denisovans, archaic humans who interbred with those early moderns, leaving bits of their DNA behind today in the genomes of people of non-African descent. — Wired, "Clues to Our Unknown Ancestors Are Hiding in Our Genome," 10 Feb. 2019 These were the Neanderthals and Denisovans, archaic humans who interbred with those early moderns, leaving bits of their DNA behind today in the genomes of people of non-African descent. — Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, "Clues to Our Unknown Ancestors Are Hiding in Our Genome," 10 Feb. 2019 The moderns forecast, or attempt to forecast, economic growth, inflation, employment. — James Grant, WSJ, "The Fed Could Use a Golden Rule," 11 July 2019 And when lyricists and musicians begin drawing not from tradition but from fellow modern, revenue-conscious entertainers, the results get more contentious. — Washington Post, "In a globalized world, music fragments take unexpected roads," 30 July 2019 Architectural styles ranging from Dutch Colonial to Tudor Revival to mid-century modern will be represented at Sunday’s PALMER WOODS HOME & GARDEN TOUR. — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, "The weekend: Art fairs in Plymouth, Wyandotte; Italian, Polish fests in Sterling Heights," 10 July 2019 An Instagram snap shared by Nicolas Ghesquiere, Artistic Director of Women's Collections for Louis Vuitton, also revealed a modern, cut-out shape across the back. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Sophie Turner Shares the First Look at Her Stunning Louis Vuitton Wedding Dress," 4 July 2019 These were the Neanderthals and Denisovans, archaic humans who interbred with those early moderns, leaving bits of their DNA behind today in the genomes of people of non-African descent. — Quanta Magazine, "Artificial Intelligence Finds Ancient ‘Ghosts’ in Modern DNA," 7 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'modern.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.