modern


Meanings

  • a contemporary person
  • a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
  • belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;
    • "modern art"
    • "modern furniture"
    • "modern history"
    • "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
  • relating to a recently developed fashion or style; ;
    • "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"
    • "tables in modernistic designs"
  • characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
  • ahead of the times;
  • used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;
  • MODERN adj -ERNER, -ERNEST pertaining to present or recent time MODERNLY adv
  • MODERN n pl. -S a person of modern times or views


Scrabble Score: 9

modern is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

modern is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

modern is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

modern is a valid Words With Friends word