Antonyms for cuttingedge
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
- after
- ancient
- antiquated
- back
- background
- behind
- common
- conservative
- customary
- deteriorated
- existent
- existing
- familiar
- future
- habitual
- like
- normal
- obsolete
- old
- old-fashioned
- out-of-date
- outdated
- passe
- past
- rear
- regular
- similar
- standard
- traditional
- uncommon
- uncontemporary
- uncreative
- unimaginative
- unimportance
- unstylish
- usual
- worn
Definition of cuttingedge
Origin :- also cutting-edge, 1825 in the literal sense (often at first with reference to plows); figurative sense is from 1964.
- As in innovative : adj creative
- As in modern : adj new, up-to-date
- As in new : adj recent, fresh
- As in ultramodern : adj up-to-date
- As in latter-day : adj modern
- As in advanced : adj ahead in position, time, manner
- As in current : adj contemporary; common
- As in groundbreaking : adj pioneering
- As in forefront/foreground : noun prominence
Synonyms for cuttingedge
- accepted
- accustomed
- advanced
- afoot
- ahead of its time
- au courant
- avant-garde
- beginning
- brand-new
- breaking new ground
- breakthrough
- center
- circulating
- coincident
- common knowledge
- concomitant
- concurrent
- contempo
- contemporary
- current
- customary
- cutting-edge
- deviceful
- dewy
- different
- dissimilar
- distinct
- doing
- excellent
- exceptional
- existent
- extant
- extreme
- fad
- fashionable
- first
- focus
- fore
- foremost
- forepart
- forward
- fresh
- front
- futuristic
- general
- going around
- higher
- hot
- in
- in circulation
- in progress
- in the mainstream
- in the news
- in use
- in vogue
- inexperienced
- ingenious
- innovating
- innovational
- innovative
- innovatory
- instant
- inventive
- just out
- last word
- late
- latest
- latter-day
- lead
- leading
- leading-edge
- liberal
- limelight
- mod
- modern
- modernistic
- modernized
- modish
- neoteric
- new
- new-fashioned
- newfangled
- nontraditional
- novel
- now
- on front burner
- on the line
- ongoing
- original
- originative
- popular
- precocious
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- prevalent
- progressive
- radical
- rampant
- recent
- regnant
- revolutionary
- rife
- ruling
- spearhead
- spearheading
- spick-and-span
- state-of-the-art
- strange
- stylish
- swinging
- today
- topical
- trailblazing
- trendsetting
- trendy
- twenty-first century
- ultramodern
- unaccustomed
- uncontaminated
- unconventional
- unfamiliar
- unique
- unknown
- unlike
- unseasoned
- unskilled
- unspoiled
- untouched
- untrained
- untried
- untrodden
- unused
- unusual
- up-to-date
- up-to-the-minute
- vanguard
- virgin
- widespread
- with-it
- youthful
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