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TRADITIONAL Antonyms

There are 13 antonyms of the word traditional. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For TRADITIONAL

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nontraditional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

avant-garde
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

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

adjective satellite

• radically new or original

contemporary
adjectiveadj
noun

• a person of nearly the same age as another

adjective satellite

• characteristic of the present

• belonging to the present time

• occurring in the same period of time

cutting-edge
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style

innovative
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• ahead of the times

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

modern
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

noun

• a contemporary person

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

adjective satellite

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

• relating to a recently developed fashion or style

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

• ahead of the times

new
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective

• not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

• unaffected by use or exposure

adverb

• very recently

adjective satellite

• in use after medieval times

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

• original and of a kind not seen before

• lacking training or experience

• having no previous example or precedent or parallel

• other than the former one(s); different

• (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

• (often followed by `to') unfamiliar

novel
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

• a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

adjective satellite

• original and of a kind not seen before

• pleasantly new or different

progressive
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective

• favoring or promoting progress

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

noun

• 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

adjective satellite

• 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

revolutionary
adjectiveadj
adjective

• 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

noun

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

adjective satellite

• markedly new or introducing radical change

unconventional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

adjective satellite

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

unorthodox
adjectiveadj
adjective

• breaking with convention or tradition

adjective satellite

• independent in behavior or thought

untraditional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

Alternatives for NONTRADITIONAL

Alternatives for AVANT-GARDE

Alternatives for CONTEMPORARY

Alternatives for CUTTING-EDGE

Alternatives for INNOVATIVE

Alternatives for MODERN

Alternatives for NEW

Alternatives for NOVEL

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