meaning of modern
1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.
2. New and common; trite; commonplace.
3. A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.
Related Words
modern | modernism | modernist | modernity | modernization | modernize | modernized | modernizer | modernizing | modernly | modernness |