" leading-edge "

1: as in cutting-edge, new;

•  Synonyms : 

•  contemporary,

•  current,

•  cutting-edge,

•  latest,

•  mod,

•  modern,

•  new,

•  newest,

•  newfangled,

•  new-fashioned,

•  novel,

•  now,

•  present-day,

•  recent,

•  space-age,

•  supermodern,

•  ultramodern,

•  up-to-date,

•  advanced,

•  developed,

•  evolved,

•  forward,

•  high,

•  higher,

•  improved,

•  late,

•  progressive,

•  refined,

•  precocious,

•  full-blown,

•  full-fledged,

•  full-scale,

•  aged,

•  grown,

•  mature,

•  matured,

•  perfected,

•  ripe,

•  ripened,

•  civilized,

•  educated,

•  enhanced,

•  enlightened

•  Antonyms : 

•  green,

•  immature,

•  underdeveloped,

•  undersized,

•  underweight,

•  unripe,

•  unripened,

•  savage,

•  uncivilized,

•  uneducated,

•  early,

•  embryonic,

•  germinal,

•  primeval,

•  primordial,

•  antediluvian,

•  antiquated,

•  antique,

•  dated,

•  fusty,

•  hoary,

•  musty,

•  Neanderthal,

•  obsolete,

•  old,

•  oldfangled,

•  old-fashioned,

•  old-time,

•  out-of-date,

•  outworn,

•  passé,

•  past,

•  backward,

•  low,

•  lower,

•  nonprogressive,

•  primitive,

•  rude,

•  rudimentary,

•  undeveloped

1: the leading or most important part of a movement;

  * e.g., " ... an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cutting edge,

•  forefront,

•  front line,

•  van,

•  vanguard

•  Antonyms : 

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