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Synonyms for new

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  1. Recent

    current, late, just out, brand-new; see fresh 1.

  2. Modern

    modish, modern, latest, au courant (French); see fashionable, modern 1.

  3. Novel

    unique, novel, original, innovative; see original 2, 3, unusual 1, 2.

  4. Different

    unlike, dissimilar, distinct; see different 1, 2.

  5. Additional

    further, increased, supplementary; see extra.

  6. Inexperienced

    unseasoned, unskilled, untrained; see incompetent, inexperienced.

  7. Fresh

    unspoiled, uncontaminated, undecayed; see fresh 5.

  8. Recently

    newly, freshly, lately; see 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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