AVANT-GARDE Synonyms

• relating to or based on experiment

• relying on observation or experiment

• of the nature of or undergoing an experiment

• the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• ahead of the times

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

• relating to or having the nature of a revolution

• advocating or engaged in revolution

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• To create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow

• Resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering.

• the leading units moving at the head of an army

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

• a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

• the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

• disposed to venture or take risks

• radically new or original

• in accord with the latest fad

• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

• an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

• in or into hiding or secret operation

• beneath the surface of the earth

• under the level of the ground

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• the leading units moving at the head of an army

• (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

• a camper equipped with living quarters

• a truck with an enclosed cargo space

• an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)