up-to-the-minute

adjective

up-to-the-min·​ute ˈəp-tü-ṯẖə-ˈmi-nət 

1

: extending up to the immediate present : including the very latest information

up-to-the-minute scores

2

: marked by complete up-to-dateness

up-to-the-minute equipment

Synonyms

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

Examples of up-to-the-minute in a Sentence

the company insists on having up-to-the-minute firewall and antivirus software

Recent Examples on the Web

And in these times, as trade barriers rise and fall within days and stock markets take off and crash at the speed of social media posts, the ability to quickly perform up-to-the-minute analysis can be vital. —Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

But the bracing immediacy of Silicon Valley’s influence led Armstrong to feel his film needed as up-to-the-minute a production schedule as possible. —Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 May 2025

Use the Glendale App for up-to-the-minute forecasts. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

Kyiv would have to ration ammunition and would lose up-to-the-minute information on the battlefield. —Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for up-to-the-minute

• bassinet
• binet
• linnet
• minute
• pinot
• spinet