more modern

ADJECTIVE

new, up-to-date

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 last word late latter-day leading-edge modernistic modish neoteric new-fashioned newfangled prevailing prevalent twenty-first century up-to-the-minute with-it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

old old-fashioned past

STRONG

future

WEAK

ancient antiquated obsolete outdated passe

Example Sentences

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The project, part of a £37m investment, which includes £4.3m in government funding, aims to transform production in the UK with upgraded facilities and retrained staff for a more modern industry.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

It provided consumers, namely women, with the gift of time — an incentive that appealed to the more modern woman as she gradually pursued more roles outside of the home kitchen.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

“With this biography,” writes the author, “I work to place Emily Brontë in the history of more modern ways of thinking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Instead of being completely mechanical, as it would have been practiced at the time, Sharpe and Bettany learned a more modern style.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

But the new scale, the more modern analytical device, had been there already; no lag had existed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick