- avant-garde
- n1.(usu. of the arts) underground, counterculture; (all collectively) pioneer, experimenter, innovator, groundbreaker, modernist; precursor, forerunner, front or lead runner, predecessor; herald, harbinger, announcer.2. new look, latest fashion, vogue, fashion; All Inf. the last word, the latest thing, Fr. dernier cri. in thing, what's in, what's happening.adj3. experimental, exploratory, innovative, groundbreaking; advanced, progressive, ahead of its time, forward looking; original, novel, unique, new; imaginative, creative, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual; modern, ultramodern, modernistic, contemporary, present day, Inf. far-out, Inf. way-out; (usu. of the arts) underground, counterculture, radical, revolutionary.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.