new synonyms
new
modif.
Recent
Modern
modish, modern, latest, au courant (French); see fashionable, modern 1.Novel
unique, novel, original, innovative; see original 2, 3, unusual 1, 2.Different
unlike, dissimilar, distinct; see different 1, 2.Additional
further, increased, supplementary; see extra.Inexperienced
unseasoned, unskilled, untrained; see incompetent, inexperienced.Fresh
Recently
new is applied to that which has never existed before or which has only just come into being, possession, use, etc. new words, a new coat; fresh implies such newness that the original appearance, quality, vigor, etc. have not been affected by time or use fresh eggs, a fresh start; novel implies a newness that is strikingly unusual or strange a novel suggestion, a novel combination; modern and modernistic apply to that which is of the present time, as distinguished from earlier periods, and connote up-to-dateness, the latter word, sometimes, with derogatory implications; original emphasizes that a thing is the first of its kind an original idea, an original melody
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