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modern

adjectivenoun /mɑdərn/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 9 WWF 11
Definitions
adjective

relating to a recently developed fashion or style

“their offices are in a modern skyscraper”

adjective

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

adjective

ahead of the times

noun

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

noun

a contemporary person

adjective

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

“modern art”

adjective

characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

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