Synonyms for New

Synonyms for (adj) New

Synonyms: new

Definition: unfamiliar

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

Similar words: unaccustomed

Definition: not habituated to; unfamiliar with

Usage: unaccustomed to wearing suits


Synonyms: new, unexampled

Definition: having no previous example or precedent or parallel

Usage: a time of unexampled prosperity

Similar words: unprecedented

Definition: having no precedent; novel

Usage: an unprecedented expansion in population and industry


Synonyms: young, new

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

Usage: new potatoes; young corn

Similar words: early

Definition: being or occurring at an early stage of development

Usage: in an early stage; early forms of life; early man; an early computer


Synonyms: New, Modern

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

Usage: Modern English; New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew

Similar words: late

Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

Usage: Late Greek


Synonyms: New

Definition: in use after medieval times

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

Similar words: late

Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

Usage: Late Greek


Synonyms: raw, new

Definition: lacking training or experience

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

Similar words: inexperienced, inexperient

Definition: lacking practical experience or training


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: bran-new, brand-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span

Definition: conspicuously new

Usage: shiny brand-new shoes; a spick-and-span novelty


Similar words: fresh

Definition: (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

Usage: a fresh start; fresh ideas


Similar words: hot, red-hot

Definition: newest or most recent

Usage: news hot off the press; red-hot information


Similar words: new-sprung, newborn

Definition: having just or recently arisen or come into existence

Usage: new nations; with newborn fears


Similar words: newfound

Definition: newly discovered

Usage: his newfound aggressiveness; Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea


Similar words: novel, refreshing

Definition: pleasantly new or different

Usage: common sense of a most refreshing sort


Similar words: parvenu, parvenue

Definition: of or characteristic of a parvenu


Similar words: recent

Definition: new

Usage: recent graduates; a recent addition to the house; recent buds on the apple trees


Similar words: radical, revolutionary

Definition: markedly new or introducing radical change

Usage: a revolutionary discovery; radical political views


Similar words: rising

Definition: newly come into prominence

Usage: a rising young politician


Similar words: sunrise

Definition: of an industry or technology; new and developing

Usage: high-technology sunrise industries


Similar words: untested, untried

Definition: not yet proved or subjected to testing

Usage: an untested drug; untested theory; an untried procedure


Similar words: unused

Definition: not yet put into use

Usage: we bought an unused car for a change


Similar words: virgin

Definition: being used or worked for the first time

Usage: virgin wool


Similar words: young

Definition: being in its early stage

Usage: a young industry; the day is still young


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: original

Definition: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

Usage: a truly original approach; with original music; an original mind


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: original

Definition: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

Usage: a truly original approach; with original music; an original mind


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: other

Definition: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

Usage: today isn't any other day- the White Queen; the construction of highways and other public works; he asked for other employment; any other person would tell the truth; his other books are still in storage; then we looked at the other house; hearing was good in his other ear; the other sex; she lived on the other side of the street from me; went in the other direction


Synonyms: new

Definition: unaffected by use or exposure

Usage: it looks like new

Similar words: unweathered

Definition: not worn by exposure to the weather

Usage: chemical weathering was beginning to attack the unweathered bedrock


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