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Avant-garde   /əvˈɑntgˈɑrd/  /əvˈɑngˈɑrd/   Listen
noun
avant-garde  n.  The most advanced group of people in any field of endeavor, especially in literary and artistic work, usually characterized by new ideas and experimental techniques.



adjective
avant-garde  adj.  
1.
Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the avant-garde.
2.
Characterized by the use of experimental techniques; modern; daring; radical.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Avant-garde" Quotes from Famous Books



... precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier^, avant-coureur [Fr.], pioneer, prodrome^, prodromos^, prodromus^, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare^, forelooper^, foreloper^, stalking-horse, voorlooper [Afrik.], voortrekker [Afrik.]. prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos [Fr.], protasis^, proemium^, prolusion^, proem, prolepsis [Gramm.], prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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