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Synonyms for new
Adjective
- 1. new (vs. old), brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span, fresh, hot, red-hot, newborn, newly arisen, new-sprung(prenominal), newfound, novel, refreshing, parvenu, parvenue, recent, revolutionary, radical, rising, sunrise(prenominal), untested, untried, unused, virgin, current, fresh, modern, unworn, young#1, immature
- usage: not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
- 2. new(prenominal), other (vs. same)
- usage: other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction"
- 3. new, unexampled, unprecedented (vs. precedented)
- usage: having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity"
- 4. fresh, new, novel, original (vs. unoriginal)
- usage: of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
- 5. raw, new, wet behind the ears(predicate), inexperienced (vs. experienced)
- usage: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel"
- 6. newfangled, new, original (vs. unoriginal)
- usage: of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion
- 7. new, new to(predicate), unaccustomed (vs. accustomed)
- usage: (often followed by `to') unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job"
- 8. new, young, early (vs. late)
- usage: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
- 9. new, unworn (vs. worn)
- usage: unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new"
- 10. New, late (vs. early) (vs. middle)
- usage: in use after Medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"
- 11. Modern, New, late (vs. early) (vs. middle)
- usage: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
Adverb
- 1. recently, newly, freshly, fresh, new
- usage: very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"
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