Antonyms of adj nonmodern

1 sense of nonmodern

Sense 1
nonmodern (vs. modern) -- (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)

modern (vs. nonmodern) -- (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric")
        => contemporary, modern-day -- (characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine")
        => neo -- ((used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'")
        => red-brick, redbrick -- (of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century)
        => ultramodern -- (extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art")
        => moderne -- (of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes)

Similarity of adj nonmodern

1 sense of nonmodern

Sense 1
nonmodern (vs. modern) -- (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)
       => antebellum -- (belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War)
       => horse-and-buggy -- (relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations)
       => medieval, mediaeval, gothic -- (as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating")
       => old-world -- (characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an old-world cottage")
       => Victorian -- (typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria)
          Also See-> old#2; past#1

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