modern
Of this era
Modern means belonging to the present or recent times rather than the distant past.
A modern building uses contemporary materials and design; modern medicine refers to current scientific practices.
Modern can also mean up-to-date or advanced: modern conveniences.
In historical periodization, the modern era begins roughly with the Renaissance.
As a noun, a modern is a person of contemporary times, or someone with progressive views.
Directed flow of charge
- todayThis present day
- present-dayOf this era
- nowThe present moment
- recentOf the near past
existing · ongoing · up-to-date · latest · new · actual · immediate
Aesthetic of reduction
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
avant-garde · industrial · open-plan · monochrome · angular · functional · uncluttered · modular
Purified or cultured
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- chicTasteful, current flair
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
urbane · cultured · worldly · tasteful · stylish · fashionable · glamorous · suave
Sudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- discoveryAct of finding something
revolution · transformation · cutting-edge · novelty · reinvention · evolution · ingenuity · originality
Of discrete data
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- roboticsAutomaton design field
automation · cybersecurity · algorithm · microchip · networking · data-driven · high-tech · wireless
Open to reform
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- equalitySame status for all
- activismDirect effort for reform
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
environmentalism · diversity · inclusivity · tolerance · secularism · pluralism · advocacy · emancipation
current
Directed flow of charge
- todayThis present day
- present-dayOf this era
- nowThe present moment
recent · existing · ongoing · up-to-date · latest · new · actual · immediate
minimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
mid-century · avant-garde · industrial · open-plan · monochrome · angular · functional · uncluttered · modular
refined
Purified or cultured
cosmopolitan · urbane · cultured · worldly · tasteful · stylish · fashionable · glamorous · suave · debonair
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
discovery · revolution · transformation · cutting-edge · novelty · reinvention · evolution · ingenuity · originality · creativity
digital
Of discrete data
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
robotics · automation · cybersecurity · algorithm · microchip · networking · data-driven · high-tech · wireless · touchscreen
liberal
Open to reform
feminism · environmentalism · diversity · inclusivity · tolerance · secularism · pluralism · advocacy · emancipation · empowerment
- adjectivesbig, urgent, amazing, temporary, bold
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- newnew, fresh, newest, brand-new, newly
- art adjectivesbold, bright, colorful, dark, delicate
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
modernoutdated
No longer in use
out-of-date · obsolete · dated · antiquated · old-fashioned
- modern slaveryCurrent forced labor exploitation
- airplane modeDevice state blocking wireless signals
- modern artRecent creative expression
- sleep modeLow-power idle state
- modern theaterCurrent era's stage arts
- a la modeTopped with ice cream
mode, modernize, Modernism, modernized, ultramodern, modernist, modernity, modernism, modernization