modern: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with M · ends with N
Meaning of modern
adj
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Example: Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Listed forms: moderner, modernest, modernmost.
Source: Wiktionary — modern.
noun
Someone who lives in modern times.
Listed forms: moderns.
Source: Wiktionary — modern.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for modern.
adjective
relating to a recently developed fashion or style
adjective
ahead of the times
- advanced
- forward-looking
- innovative
noun
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- modern font
- Bodoni
- Bodoni font
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is modern in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of modern
M(3) + O(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) + N(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of modern
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from modern
58 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in modern. Showing up to 24, longest first.