modern times

1. 1.

   the circumstances and ideas of the present age

   “in modern times like these”

   Synonymspresent timesmodern worldcontemporary world

   Broadertimes

Questions about modern times

What does modern times mean?

modern times means "the circumstances and ideas of the present age".

What is another word for modern times?

Close synonyms include present times, modern world, contemporary world. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.