modern
Meanings
- a contemporary person
- a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;
- "modern art"
- "modern furniture"
- "modern history"
- "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
- relating to a recently developed fashion or style; ;
- "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"
- "tables in modernistic designs"
- characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- ahead of the times;
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;
- MODERN adj -ERNER, -ERNEST pertaining to present or recent time MODERNLY adv
- MODERN n pl. -S a person of modern times or views
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
modern is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmodern is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
modern is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
modern is a valid Words With Friends word