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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ancient antiquated obsolete outdated passe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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Surprisingly, this discovery about a horse’s gait sheds light on a much more modern debate—whether A.I. is on a path to consciousness.

From Slate • May 25, 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

Shuttleworth said for a few seasons it had used more modern Mark 2 carriages, which have central locking.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

You can call one of them like an Italian villa, and then there’s a couple other ones that are near the water that are going to be more modern.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

There is no way for evolution to rip out the ancient interior of the brain because of its imperfections and replace it with something of more modern manufacture.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan