avant-garde Definition

avant-garde
noun

1. The writers, painters, musicians, etc whose ideas and techniques are considered the most modern or advanced of their time, regarded collectively.

adj

1. Said of a work of art, a piece of literature, a film, idea, movement, etc: characterized by daring modernity; innovative.

Thesaurus: progressive, experimental, innovative, forward-looking, advanced, unconventional, inventive, slang: far-out, way-out; Antonym: conservative, dyed-in-the-wool.

Derivative: avant-gardism
noun

Derivative: avant-gardist
noun

Etymology: 15c: French, meaning ‘vanguard'.