Synonyms: novel
Definition: a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
Usage: his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels; he burned all the novels
Definition: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
Usage: he used a large book as a doorstop
Synonyms: novel
Definition: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Similar words: fiction
Definition: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
Synonyms: novel, refreshing
Definition: pleasantly new or different
Usage: common sense of a most refreshing sort
Similar words: 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
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