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modern-day

modern-day

89 3.0
Happening in the time we live in
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɒdərn deɪ/
translation icon : contemporáneo
  • Let me remind people that hip hop is a modern day phenomenon.
  • modern-day nursing home

Everything you want in a modern day female superhero.

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Examples

  • In the distance, the modern-day buildings of San Juan can be seen.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • One of the most illustrious careers in modern day football.

  • Because I feel like in the modern day, we should be able to go.

  • Yeah, we are dealing in modern day society.

  • Everything you want in a modern day female superhero.

  • And this is sort of the modern day successor to that car.

  • This aspect of it has been verified by modern day people, right?

  • It's almost like a modern day treasure hunt.

  • Waves roll in towards the modern-day city and break on the shoreline.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • This modern-day novel captures the struggles of contemporary life.

Synonyms

current
vsmodern-day
1.0

Happening now at this time

focuses on being characteristic of the present rather than mere occurrence
contemporary
vsmodern-day
219 4.2

Belonging to the present time, often showing modern ideas

emphasizes relation to present time rather than stylistic modernness
present-day
vsmodern-day
46 3.2

Happening now, not in the past

is about features characteristic of the present time
latter-day
vsmodern-day
8 5.1

From modern or recent times

is neutral about time but highlights present-time characteristics
ultramodern
vsmodern-day
2 5.7

Very new in design and using the latest ideas and technology

means belonging to the present time without implying extreme newness

Antonyms

149 4.7

Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time

34 9.9

Very old and not used in everyday life

How Modern

cutting-edge
49 5.6
modern-day
89 3.0
old-fashioned
149 4.7
ancient
3.4

Surface Forms

modern-day positive

Morphology

modern-day = modern + day (transparent) = modern + day

Clear compound of 'modern' + 'day' meaning relating to the present time, easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word modern-day comes from the parts modern and day. The modern part comes from an old word meaning 'just now', so modern-day means 'of today' or the present time.