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Synonyms for avant-garde

Most common

vanguard remnant new wave

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Vanguard — any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts

vanguard, remnant

2. New wave

new wave, van

Adjective

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

  2. adj. 1

    Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

    It was a very avant-garde production.

Related words

Other spellings
avantgarde

Forms

Plural
avant-gardes → vanguards, remnants, vans…

Example sentences

  • vanguard The Communist Party is the vanguard of the working class.
  • remnant The statue stood as a remnant of a defunct civilization.

By length

3 letters
van1
6 letters
daring2
7 letters
remnant2
8 letters
original4, vanguard2
14 letters
avantgardistic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (daring2 = 2 syllables).