far on in life; having made much progress

ahead in position, time, manner

a place where tourists, soldiers, explorers etc live in tents or huts

consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre

a person who invents or uses new methods

inventor

able to invent easily; imaginative

creative

giving or given freely; generous; having, showing, a mind free from prejudice

progressive

of the present or recent times; new and up-to-date

new, up-to-date

strange; new; of a kind not previously known; a story in prose, long enough to fill one or more volumes, about either imaginary of historical people

new, original

a person who goes into an unexplored or undeveloped country to settle or work there; the first person to begin a new branch of study, method etc

early, first

making continuous forward movement; increasing by regular amounts

liberal; growing

strange; outstanding; of a form of a noun, pronoun, used to refer to one person or thing

unique, odd

(on) this day; (at) this present age or period

new, up-to-date

completely up to date

up-to-date

of the present time; of the newest sort

current

extremely modern or strange

unconventional