1. (

• advanced ,
• forward-looking ,
• innovative ,
• modern

) ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" ;

2. (

• innovative ,
• innovational ,
• groundbreaking

) being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original" ;