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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
| Synonyms: | advance guard, advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, front line, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, newest technology, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | innovation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, novelty |
| Synonyms: | addition, alteration, contraption, cutting edge*, departure, deviation, introduction, last word, latest thing, leading edge, modernism, modernization, modification, mutation, newness, notion, permutation, shift, variation, vicissitude, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | custom, habit, old, old hat, rut, tradition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knife |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting tool |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, blade, bolo, cutlass, cutter, cutting edge, dagger, edge, lance, lancet, machete, point, ripper, sabre, scalpel, scimitar, scythe, shank, shiv, sickle, skewer, skiver, steel, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tickler |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first place, supremacy |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, title role, top, top spot, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | last |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolutionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, contemporary, cutting edge*, developing, forward-looking, innovative, just out, latest, left, modern, novel, open-minded, radical, state-of-the-art*, up-and-coming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | state-of-the-art |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to highest level of development at time |
| Synonyms: | advanced, all the rage, au courant, avant-garde, brand-new, contemporary, cutting edge, cutting edge*, fashionable, forefront, in, in-thing, latest, leading edge, modern, modernistic, most recent, new, newest, newfangled, red-hot, stylish, trendsetting, trendy, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | up-to-date |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | current |
| Synonyms: | abreast, advanced, all the rage, au courant, avant-garde, brand-new, contemporary, current, cutting edge, cutting edge*, dashing, expedient, faddish, fashionable, fitting, happening, hot*, in, in fashion, in vogue, in-thing, modern, modern, modernistic, modish, neoteric, new, newest, newfangled, now*, opportune, popular, red-hot, state of the art, state-of-the-art*, stylish, suitable, timely, today, trendy, up*, up-to-the-minute, with it, with-it, à la mode |
| Antonyms: | old, out-of-date, outdated, past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forefront |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, cutting edge, focus, fore, foreground, forepart, front, lead, leading edge, limelight, spearhead, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | background |
| Main Entry: | leading edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward edge |
| Synonyms: | cutting edge, forefront, front, front edge, point, state-of-the-art, van, vanguard |
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