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Modern

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.

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Contemporary 84% connected

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

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Contemporary 84% connected

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

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Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

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Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

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Late 84% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Late 84% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Progressive 84% connected

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Modernism 66% connected

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

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Modernism 66% connected

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

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Modernity 66% connected

Modernness; something modern.

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Modernity 66% connected

Modernness; something modern.

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Modernness 66% connected

The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

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Modernness 66% connected

The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

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See also 6

Current 66% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

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Current 66% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

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Late 66% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Late 66% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Synonym 3

Advanced 92% connected

of Advance

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Innovative 92% connected

Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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New 92% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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