Modern and Olden

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Modern

Modern adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: this hairstyle is absolutely the most modern fashion out there
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Olden is an antonym for modern.
Nearby Words: modernize, modernise, modernity, modernistic, modernized

Olden

Olden adjective - Long past.
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Modern is an antonym for olden.
Nearby Word: old
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Both words in one sentence

  • Toys / Uglydolls Generation Xerox: The Uglydolls of ye olden days were more or less the same Uglydolls of modern times, only with ye olden problems to deal with.
    Source: Toys / Uglydolls
  • Western Animation / Over the Garden Wall Tomato Surprise: Wirt and Greg aren't wearing those clothes because they're from the "olden times"; they're modern-day kids wearing Halloween costumes.
    Source: Western Animation / Over the Garden Wall
  • Until doctors (who were mostly men in olden times) started becoming more involved with pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, much of that was handled by midwives (who, including in modern times, are traditionally women).
    Source: Panicky Expectant Father
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