Avant-garde Synonyms and Antonyms

ävänt-gärd, ăvänt-
Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vanguard
  2. cutting-edge
  3. advance-guard
  4. van
  5. new-wave
Open-minded or progressive
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. new
  2. progressive
  3. unconventional
  4. experimental
Unconventional
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. innovative
  2. leaders
  3. new
  4. daring
  5. offbeat
  6. original
  7. progressive
  8. trailblazing
  9. trendsetting
  10. van
  11. vanguard
Antonyms:
  1. conventional
  2. conservative

Words Related to Avant-garde

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. liberal
  2. modern
  3. unusual
  4. avant
  5. avante
  6. stilo
  7. avante-garde
  8. abstract-expressionism
  9. surrealist
  10. minimalism
  11. experimentalism
  12. conceptual-art
  13. iconoclastic
  14. jazz-rock
  15. art-rock
  16. electronic music
  17. expressionist
  18. surrealism
  19. avant-gardist
  20. modernist
  21. futurist
  22. modernism
  23. futurism
  24. neo-avant-garde
  25. impressionist
  26. expressionism

Avant-garde Sentence Examples

  • The photos are very avant-garde not the traditional portrait.

  • William's work is very unusual, even avant-garde.

  • His book Experimental Cinema (1970) was one of the first books to survey the international film avant-garde.

  • Icelandic singer Bjork has always been known for being avant-garde and taking risks, but when she wore a dress shaped like a swan to the 2001 Oscars it just looked silly.

  • While a select few hailed the ensemble as avant-garde, the general consensus was that it was a major mistake for the style-challenged star.

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