Definitions for New

Definitions for (adj) New

Main entry: new

Definition: unfamiliar

Usage: new experiences; experiences new to him; errors of someone new to the job


Main entry: new, unexampled

Definition: having no previous example or precedent or parallel

Usage: a time of unexampled prosperity


Main entry: young, new

Definition: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

Usage: new potatoes; young corn


Main entry: New, Modern

Definition: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

Usage: Modern English; New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew


Main entry: New

Definition: in use after medieval times

Usage: New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties


Main entry: raw, new

Definition: lacking training or experience

Usage: the new men were eager to fight; raw recruits


Main entry: new

Definition: not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

Usage: a new law; new cars; a new comet; a new friend; a new year; the New World


Main entry: fresh, new, novel

Definition: original and of a kind not seen before

Usage: the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem


Main entry: new, newfangled

Definition: (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

Usage: newfangled ideas; she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them


Main entry: new

Definition: other than the former one(s); different

Usage: 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


Main entry: new

Definition: unaffected by use or exposure

Usage: it looks like new


Definitions for (adv) New

Main entry: new, newly, fresh, freshly

Definition: very recently

Usage: 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


Visual thesaurus for New