modern
adjectiveHow many syllables in modern?
There are 2 syllables in the word modern.How to pronounce modern:
Definition of modern:
- modern (adjective):
- of the present or a recent time
- belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past contemporary
Synonyms for modern:
contemporaneity
contemporary
current
designer
fashionable
futuristic
hot
late
latest
latter-day
mod
modern-day
moderne
modernism
modernistic
modernity
modernized
modernness
neo
new
new age
new-fashioned
newfangled
present
present-day
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Antonyms for modern:
ancient
bygone
earlier
early
forgotten
former
gone by
historical
mediaeval
medieval
old
olden
past
prehistoric
premodern
previous
primaeval
primeval
prior
way back
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- modelled
- modal
- moa
- mixing
- mitzvah
- mitzi
- mittal
- miter
- mistype
- mistrust
- mistaught
- misstepped
- mislaid
- mirza
- mirrors
- mio
- minutes
- minted
- minkfish
- mindset
- mina
- mimi
- mimer
- milly
- millie
- milkshake
- milkman
- mildred
- mikel
- mikael
- mihay
- migrant
- miercoles
- midget
- midas
- micoin
- mickey
- michon
- michaux
- michaud
- michal
- mewing
- meuni
- metis
- messiah
- messi
- merrell
- merge
- merest
- mercer
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