MOD
Dictionary entry overview: What does mod mean?
• MOD (noun)
The noun MOD has 1 sense:
1. a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
Familiarity information: MOD used as a noun is very rare.
• MOD (adjective)
The adjective MOD has 1 sense:
1. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
Familiarity information: MOD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOD (noun)
Meaning:
A British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mod" is a kind of...):
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Holonyms ("mod" is a member of...):
mods (a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters)
• MOD (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to a recently developed fashion or style
Synonyms:
mod; modernistic; modern
Context examples:
their offices are in a modern skyscraper / tables in modernistic designs
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
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