English adjective: recent | |||
1. | recent new | ||
Samples | Recent graduates. A recent addition to the house. Recent buds on the apple trees. | ||
Similar | new | ||
Antonyms | old | ||
2. | recent of the immediate past or just previous to the present time | ||
Samples | A late development. Their late quarrel. His recent trip to Africa. In recent months. A recent issue of the journal. | ||
Synonyms | late | ||
Similar | past | ||
Antonyms | future, present | ||
English noun: Recent | |||
1. | Recent (time) approximately the last 10,000 years | ||
Synonyms | Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch | ||
Instance hypernym | epoch | ||
Part meronym | Age of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary period | ||