English adjective: new | |||
1. | new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered | ||
Samples | A new law. New cars. A new comet. A new friend. A new year. The New World. | ||
Similar | bran-new, brand-new, fresh, hot, new-sprung, newborn, newfound, novel, parvenu, parvenue, radical, recent, red-hot, refreshing, revolutionary, rising, spic-and-span, spick-and-span, sunrise, untested, untried, unused, virgin, young | ||
See also | current, fresh, modern | ||
Attribute | age | ||
Antonyms | old | ||
2. | new original and of a kind not seen before | ||
Samples | The computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem. | ||
Synonyms | fresh, novel | ||
Similar | original | ||
Antonyms | unoriginal | ||
3. | new lacking training or experience | ||
Samples | The new men were eager to fight. Raw recruits. | ||
Synonyms | raw | ||
Similar | inexperienced, inexperient | ||
Antonyms | experienced, experient | ||
4. | new having no previous example or precedent or parallel | ||
Samples | A time of unexampled prosperity. | ||
Synonyms | unexampled | ||
Similar | unprecedented | ||
Antonyms | precedented | ||
5. | new other than the former one(s); different | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Similar | other | ||
Antonyms | same | ||
6. | new unaffected by use or exposure | ||
Samples | It looks like new. | ||
Similar | unweathered | ||
Antonyms | worn | ||
7. | new (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new | ||
Samples | Newfangled ideas. She buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them. | ||
Synonyms | newfangled | ||
Similar | original | ||
Antonyms | unoriginal | ||
8. | New in use after medieval times | ||
Samples | New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties. | ||
Similar | late | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||
Antonyms | middle, early | ||
9. | New used of a living language; being the current stage in its development | ||
Samples | Modern English. New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew. | ||
Synonyms | Modern | ||
Similar | late | ||
Domain category | linguistics | ||
Antonyms | middle, early | ||
10. | new (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity | ||
Samples | New potatoes. Young corn. | ||
Synonyms | young | ||
Similar | early | ||
Antonyms | later, late | ||
11. | new unfamiliar | ||
Samples | New experiences. Experiences new to him. Errors of someone new to the job. | ||
Similar | unaccustomed | ||
Antonyms | accustomed | ||
English adverb: new | |||
1. | new very recently | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | fresh, freshly, newly | ||