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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward edge |
| Synonyms: | cutting edge, forefront, front, front edge, point, state-of-the-art, 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: | prevalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, widespread |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, common, commonplace, current, customary, established, everyday, extensive, faddy, frequent, general, habitual, in use, latest, latest word, leading edge, natural, new, normal, now*, ongoing, popular, prevailing, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, run-of-the-mill, state-of-the-art*, stylish, swinging, trendy, typic, typical, ubiquitous, universal, up-to-date, usual, with it, wonted |
| Antonyms: | isolated, limited, uncommon |
* = 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: | 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: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional |
| Antonyms: | after, behind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
| Synonyms: | beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, leading-edge, liberal, new, new wave, pioneering, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | conservative, conventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modern |
| Synonyms: | abreast, au courant, contempo, current, existent, extant, hot off press, in fashion, in vogue, instant, just out, latest, leading-edge, mod, new, newfangled, now, present, present-day, recent, red-hot, state-of-the-art*, today, topical, ultramodern, up*, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with it, à la mode |
| Notes: | contemporary can be predicated of persons, conditions, or events; contemporaneous is predicable only of occurrences or events |
| Antonyms: | old, old-fashioned, past, preceding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artistic, imaginative |
| Synonyms: | clever, cool*, demiurgic, deviceful, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inspired, inventive, leading-edge, original, originative, productive, prolific, stimulating, visionary, way out |
| Antonyms: | uncreative, ungifted, unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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