Definition of modern

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  • modern is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • modern is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • modern is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of modern

  • relating to a recently developed fashion or style (adjective)

    Examples

    1. their offices are in a modern skyscraper
    2. tables in modernistic designs

    Synonyms

    1. mod
    2. modernistic
  • used of a living language; being the current stage in its development (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. new
  • ahead of the times (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. advanced
    2. forward-looking
    3. innovative
  • a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bodoni
    2. bodoni font
    3. modern font
  • a contemporary person (noun)
  • belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages (adjective)

    Examples

    1. modern art
    2. modern furniture
    3. modern history
    4. totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric
  • characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture (adjective)

See definition of modern in Merriam Webster