modern
modern is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English.
- 2.A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- actual
- afresh
- age
- ago
- alone
- already
- and
- anew
- another
- any
- aorist
- aoristic
- being
- bene
- brand-new
- but
- century
- crisis
- current
- daisy
- date
- day
- dictum
- different
- epoch
- est
- even
- eventually
- evergreen
- extant
- fashion
- fashionable
- fine
- fire-new
- for
- fresh
- from
- gloss
- green
- hand
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is modern.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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