space-age

adjective

ˈspās-ˈāj 

: of, relating to, or befitting the age of space exploration

especially : modern

space-age technology

Synonyms

• contemporary
• current
• designer
• hot
• mod
• modern
• modernistic
• new
• new age
• new-fashioned
• newfangled
• present-day
• red-hot
• state-of-the-art
• ultramodern
• up-to-date
• up-to-the-minute

Examples of space-age in a Sentence

space-age technology that totally transformed the news-gathering business

Recent Examples on the Web

True to its space-age look, the home is powered with smart-home technology that sets lights, locks, climate control, and more with the touch of a panel. —Miles Walls, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024

Why not lean into the look with a pair of space-age boots? —Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Perhaps my next project will be something more free-form, although a kind of magic is transferred between those who mastermind the sets—drawing from the Gothic past or the space-age future—and all of us who build them. —Amy Verner, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2024

Raytheon, now calling itself RTX, makes space-age battle equipment and, for the commercial market, jet engines and cockpit electronics. —Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

space-age

adjective

ˈspā-ˌsāj

: of or relating to the age of space exploration

especially : modern entry 1 sense 1

space-age technology