new-fangled
Overly modern, perhaps
New-fangled describes something recently invented or adopted, usually with a hint of skepticism or dismissiveness.
The word implies the speaker finds the novelty unnecessary or suspects it won't prove as useful as older methods: I don't trust these new-fangled gadgets, new-fangled ideas about child-rearing.
Often used by those resistant to change, or ironically by those mocking such resistance.
Small mechanical contrivances
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- devicesTools or mechanisms
- widgetsUnspecified manufactured items
smartphones · apps · touchscreens · electronics · automation · machinery · appliances · digital
Creating something original
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- newfoundRecently obtained or discovered
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
experimental · untested · unproven · unconventional · unfamiliar · strange · peculiar · odd
Currently in style
Of the present age
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- currentDirected flow of charge
- modernOf recent times
- 21st-centuryPresent hundred-year span
state-of-the-art · advanced · progressive · streamlined · updated · recent · present-day · latest
gadgets
Small mechanical contrivances
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- devicesTools or mechanisms
widgets · smartphones · apps · touchscreens · electronics · automation · machinery · appliances · digital · high-tech
innovation
Creating something original
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- newfoundRecently obtained or discovered
unprecedented · experimental · untested · unproven · unconventional · unfamiliar · strange · peculiar · odd · unusual
fashionable
Currently in style
contemporary
Of the present age
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- currentDirected flow of charge
- modernOf recent times
21st-century · state-of-the-art · advanced · progressive · streamlined · updated · recent · present-day · latest · modern-day
new-fangledold-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
antiquated · time-tested · old · traditional · ancient
new-fangledtraditional
Following long-held customs
conventional · old-school · conservative · orthodox · tried-and-true