Modern
Modern adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Old-school is an antonym for modern.
Old-school
Old-school adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.
Usage example: an old-school romantic comedy in which the two leads don't jump into bed at the first opportunity
Both words in one sentence
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It might be the only stat that old-school and modern statisticians can agree on the usefulness of.
Source: Useful Notes / Baseball -
This pushes Raylan back to his hometown in Kentucky which mixes an old-school style of crime fighting with modern times.
Source: Born in the Wrong Century -
Half-Life 2 gives the block puzzles a more modern look, with a gravity gun and physics objects replacing the old-school blocks.
Source: Block Puzzle
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Old-school and Modern. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/modern/old-school
Modern & Old-school. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/modern/old-school>.
Old-school or Modern. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/modern/old-school.
