Synonyms for Leading-edge:

• adj.

  •advanced (adjective)
  • exceptional,
  • excellent,
  • radical,
  • liberal,
  • foremost,
  • unconventional,
  • extreme,
  • late,
  • breakthrough,
  • precocious,
  • first,
  • leading,
  • higher,
  • progressive,
  • forward.
  •avant-garde (adjective)
  • head,
  • lead,
  • experimental,
  • new,
  • innovative,
  • new wave,
  • Pioneering,
  • beat,
  • hip.
  •contemporary (adjective)
  • latest,
  • present,
  • extant,
  • newfangled,
  • abreast,
  • instant,
  • au courant,
  • topical,
  • mod,
  • red-hot,
  • à la mode,
  • in vogue,
  • with it,
  • present-day,
  • recent,
  • up,
  • up-to-date,
  • now,
  • existent.
  •creative (adjective)
  • innovational,
  • originative,
  • formative,
  • inventive,
  • clever,
  • ingenious,
  • cool,
  • stimulating,
  • inspired,
  • Deviceful,
  • way out,
  • gifted,
  • innovatory,
  • productive,
  • prolific,
  • visionary,
  • Demiurgic,
  • original,
  • fertile.
  •current (adjective)
  • general,
  • circulating,
  • prevalent,
  • Doing,
  • ruling,
  • ongoing,
  • prevailing,
  • in,
  • widespread,
  • popular,
  • rampant,
  • accepted,
  • rife,
  • fad,
  • customary,
  • fashionable,
  • afoot,
  • swinging,
  • trendy,
  • accustomed,
  • regnant,
  • hot.
  •groundbreaking (adjective)
  • revolutionary,
  • spearheading,
  • trendsetting,
  • Innovating,
  • trailblazing.
  •synchronic (adjective)
  • contemporaneous,
  • co-existent,
  • coeval,
  • synchronous,
  • coexistent,
  • coetaneous.
  •ultramodern (adjective)
  • ahead of its time,
  • non-traditional,
  • nontraditional,
  • ultra-modern,
  • twenty-first century,
  • futuristic.

• n.

  •forefront/foreground (noun)
  • fore,
  • spearhead,
  • center,
  • limelight,
  • focus,
  • beginning.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • advanced,
  • avant-garde,
  • common knowledge,
  • contemporary,
  • creative,
  • current,
  • groundbreaking,
  • in progress,
  • in use,
  • latter-day,
  • modern,
  • synchronic,
  • today,
  • ultramodern,
  • up-to-the-minute,
  • voguish,
  • Neoteric,
  • Newfashioned,
  • red hot,
  • with-it,
  • cutting-edge,
  • REDHOT,
  • new-fashioned,
  • in circulation,
  • in fashion,
  • in the news,
  • going around,
  • breaking new ground,
  • contempo,
  • hot off press,
  • in the mainstream,
  • just out,
  • on front burner,
  • up to the minute.
  •n.
  • foreground,
  • forepart,
  • Foci,
  • Fore part,
  • forefronts,
  • fore-part,
  • foreparts,
  • fores,
  • on line,
  • on the line.

Paraphrases for Leading-edge:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    advance, state-of-the-art.
  • Proper noun, singular
    state-of-the-art.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    edge.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    innovative, groundbreaking, up-to-date, latest, ground-breaking, flat-tip, progressive, forward, abreast, flat-tipped, top, modern.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    leading, cutting-edge, world-leading, Pioneering, high-end, high-technology, forward-looking, forward-thinking, lead, world-class, first-class, first-rate, top-notch, advanced, first-order, top-flight.
  • Proper noun, singular
    cutting-edge, advanced.

Antonyms for Leading-edge:

• adj.

  • advanced
    after, behind.
  • avant-garde
    conventional, conservative, moderate.
  • contemporary
    preceding, old-fashioned, old, succeeding, past, future.
  • creative
    uncreative, fruitless, unfruitful, inept, impotent, unimaginative, unproductive, uninspired, Ungifted, untalented.
  • current
    uncommon, antiquated, uncontemporary.
  • innovative
    habitual, customary, worn, traditional.
  • modern
    obsolete, ancient, passe, outdated.

• n.

  • forefront/foreground
    background, back, unimportance, rear.