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ancient antiquated obsolete outdated passe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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To create a narrative around the home, Gaetjens and Wines are now working with multiple architects to draw up plans for potential renovations that would help to give the property a much more modern feel.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

In midtown, Delmonico’s aims to recapture the power-lunch crowd and introduce a more modern twist on its historic brand, said Adam Plitt, the new executive chef for Delmonico’s Hospitality Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

WireGuard, for its part, uses ChaCha20-Poly1305 as its encryption protocol – a slightly more modern protocol than AES-256, and is also deemed very secure.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

“Tesla and its platforms are aging, and the Lucids and Afeelas of the world feel more modern, more futuristic,” Moody said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Although those Africans of 100,000 years ago had more modern skeletons than did their Neanderthal contemporaries, they made essentially the same crude stone tools as Neanderthals, still lacking standardized shapes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond