avant-garde

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/, /æˈvɑ̃.ɡɑːd/, /ˌæ.vɑ̃ˈɡɑːd/, /ˈæ.vn̩t.ɡɑːd/
• (America) IPA: /ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæ.vɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/

Noun

avant-garde (plural avant-gardes)

1. (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.

   Antonyms: arrière-garde

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

   Antonyms: arrière-garde

Synonyms

• (group of people associated with the new) vanguard

Translations

• French: avant-garde
• German: Vorhut
• Italian: avanguardia
• Portuguese: vanguarda
• Russian: аванга́рд
• Spanish: vanguardia, anteguardia

Translations

• French: avant-garde
• German: Avantgarde, Vorhut, Vorreiter, Vorkämpfer, Pioniere
• Italian: avanguardia
• Portuguese: vanguarda
• Russian: аванга́рд
• Spanish: vanguardia

Adjective

avant-garde

1. Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

   • It was a very avant-garde production.

   • 2014, James Dobson, "Modesty and Self-Esteem"

     I fear she will pay a heavy price for the avant-garde ideas she has been sold.

Synonyms

• mistakenly trendy
• (outside the mainstream): underground
• See also Thesaurus:innovation

Translations

• German: avantgardistisch
• Portuguese: vanguardista
• Russian: авангарди́стский
• Spanish: vanguardista

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