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twenty-first century

ADJECTIVE

modern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contemporary current modernized present-day state-of-the-art stylish

STRONG

avant-garde concomitant latest novel now present recent today

WEAK

coincident concurrent contempo cutting edge fresh futuristic last word late latter-day leading-edge modernistic modish neoteric new-fashioned newfangled prevailing prevalent up-to-the-minute with it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

old old-fashioned past

WEAK

ancient antiquated obsolete outdated passé

ADJECTIVE

ultramodern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

futuristic state-of-the-art

WEAK

advanced ahead of its time avant-garde contemporary current cutting-edge fresh latest leading-edge modernistic modish new new-fashioned nontraditional now present-day revolutionary stylish today up-to-the-minute

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twenty-first century

"This Government's changes will bring weddings law into the twenty-first century."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

And so he gives us what he calls “a twenty-first century version of ‘The Conscience of a Conservative.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

What if you told him that, even in his moment, Exxon's scientists already understood with remarkable accuracy what was going to happen to us in the distinctly overheating twenty-first century?

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023

For home cooks baking up pecan pie well into the twenty-first century, Karo is still pretty much the only brand you can buy in grocery stores: It has kept that corporate hold.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2022

That seemed much less of a fantasy than the twenty-first century.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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