modern

/mɑdərn/ adjectivenoun
6 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
ADJECTIVE
1

Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.

“their offices are in a modern skyscraper”

“tables in modernistic designs”

2

Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development.

3

Ahead of the times.

4

Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages.

“modern art”

“modern furniture”

5

Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture.

NOUN
1

A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes.

2

A contemporary person.

WORD FORMS
Related formmodernity
Related formmodernness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinodernmay
Starts & ends withM … N
Syllablesmod · ern
SYNONYMS & RELATED25
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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