Meanings
new1
comparative newer · superlative newest · alternative pronunciation spelling noo · alternative slang nu · alternative archaic newe
- Recently made, or created.
The cookers cost £350 new but £150 secondhand.
4 more examples
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.
2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021Only a few nonsmart models, primarily newer Razr models and a few Nokia phones, can run Yahoo Go. And once again, no Verizon phones need apply.
2007 May 24, David Pogue, “How to Make Your Cellphone Act Like a BlackBerry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, page 18Synonyms: brand new, recent, neo-, ceno- · Antonyms: ancient, dated, old
- Additional; recently discovered.
We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
Antonyms: old
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
Synonyms: born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived · Antonyms: old
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.
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Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68Synonyms: strange, unfamiliar · Antonyms: familiar, old
- Recently arrived or appeared.
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.
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'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLCSynonyms: novel, singular · Antonyms: established
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business, I'm still new to the work.
Synonyms: brand new, green · Antonyms: accustomed, experienced, expert
comparative more new · superlative most new · alternative pronunciation spelling noo · alternative slang nu · alternative archaic newe
plural news · alternative pronunciation spelling noo · alternative slang nu · alternative archaic newe
- countableinvariablepluralplural onlyuncountableThings that are new.
Out with the old, in with the new.
present singular third person news · participle present newing · participle past newed · past newed · alternative pronunciation spelling noo · alternative slang nu · alternative archaic newe
New2
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
The surname, "New," appears on both Hampshire Co., Virginia and Pendleton Co., Kentucky records.
1980, John Douglas Sinks, Karen Mirinda Cain, Sinks: A Family History, page 9 - abbreviationellipsisinformaluncommonOxford UniversityEllipsis of New College, Oxford.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf recent origin; having taken place recently.
adjectiveUsed to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
adjectiveIn original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
adjectiveRefreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
adjectiveInexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
nounA typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
verbSynonym of new up.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein use after medieval times
adjectivenot of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
adjectivelacking training or experience
adjectivehaving no previous example or precedent or parallel
adjectiveother than the former one(s); different
adjective(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
adjective(often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
new · adjective, adverb, noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Germanic*niwjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*niwi
- Old Englishnīewe
- Middle Englishnewe
- Englishnew
From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-. Cognates Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Vilamovian noj, noü (“new”), Yiddish נײַ (nay, “new”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ny (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis, “new”); also Breton nevez (“new”), Cornish nowydh, nowyth (“fresh, new”), Irish nua, nuadh (“new”), Manx noa (“fresh, new”), Scottish Gaelic nuadh (“fresh, new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Greek νέος (néos, “young, youthful; modern, new”), Lithuanian naũjas (“new”), Belarusian но́вы (nóvy, “new”), Bulgarian and Macedonian нов (nov, “new”), Czech and Slovak nový (“new”), Polish nowy (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Serbo-Croatian но̏в, nȍv (“new”), Slovene nov (“new”), Ukrainian нови́й (novýj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Baluchi نوک (nok, “new”), Central Kurdish نوێ (nwê, “new”), Ossetian нӕуӕг (næwæg), ног (nog, “fresh, new; young”), Persian نو (naw / now, “new”), Mazanderani نو (nu, “new”), Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Pashto نوی (nëway, “new”), Zazaki newe (“new”), Kamkata-viri nuy, nuyĩ (“new”), Prasuni unü (“new”), Hittite 𒉋𒀸 (nēwas, “fresh, new”), Luwian 𒈾𒀀𒌑𒉿𒋾 (nāúwati, “new”), Tocharian A ñu (“new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”), Sanskrit नव (nava, “fresh, modern, new”), नव्य (navya, “new”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →New · proper noun
- Middle Englishatten
- EnglishNew
* As an English surname, from the adjective new. * Also as an English surname, from a misdivision of Middle English atten ew (“at the yew”). * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Neu. * As a Chinese surname, from a Romanization of 牛 (niú) (see Niu) and 梁 (liáng) (see Liang).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nuwe, nuut
- nuwerecently made or created
- nuutrecently made or created
Ancient Greek νέος, καινός
- νέος (néos)recently made or created
- καινός (kainós)recently made or created
Arabic جَدِيد, حَدِيث
- جَدِيد (jadīd)recently made or created
- حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ)recently made or created
- جديد (gedīd)recently made or created
- جَديد (jadīd)recently made or created
- جديد (jdīd)recently made or created
- جديد (jdīd)recently made or created
Basque berri, berri
- berriof recent origin
- berriadditional, recently discovered
- berricurrent or later
- berridistinguishing something established more recently
- bestedistinguishing something established more recently
- berriin original condition, pristine
- hasiberrinewborn
- bestestrange, unfamiliar
- berrirecently arrived or appeared
- besterecently arrived or appeared
- berriinexperienced, unaccustomed
- berrirecently made or created
Bengali নতুন, নতুন
- নতুন (notun)of recent origin
- নতুন (notun)additional, recently discovered
- নতুন (notun)in original condition, pristine
- নতুন (notun)recently arrived or appeared
- নয়া (noẏa)recently made or created
- নতুন (notun)recently made or created
Bulgarian нов, нов
- нов (nov)of recent origin
- нов (nov)additional, recently discovered
- нов (nov)current or later
- нов (nov)distinguishing something established more recently
- нов (nov)in original condition, pristine
- нов (nov)refreshed, reinvigorated
- новороде́н (novorodén)newborn
- непознат (nepoznat)strange, unfamiliar
- нов (nov)recently arrived or appeared
- нов (nov)inexperienced, unaccustomed
- нов (nov)recently made or created
Catalan nou, nou
- nouof recent origin
- nouadditional, recently discovered
- noucurrent or later
- noudistinguishing something established more recently
- nouin original condition, pristine
- nounatnewborn
- noustrange, unfamiliar
- nourecently arrived or appeared
- novellinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nouinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nourecently made or created
Chinese щин, 新
- щин (xin)recently made or created
- 新 (sin)recently made or created
Chinese Cantonese 新
- 新 (san¹)recently made or created
Chinese Mandarin 新
- 新 (xīn)recently made or created
Czech nový, nový
- novýof recent origin
- novýdistinguishing something established more recently
- novýin original condition, pristine
- novýrecently arrived or appeared
- novýrecently made or created
Danish ny, ny
- nyof recent origin
- nyadditional, recently discovered
- nuværendecurrent or later
- nydistinguishing something established more recently
- nyin original condition, pristine
- nyrefreshed, reinvigorated
- nynewborn
- nyfødtnewborn
- nystrange, unfamiliar
- nyrecently arrived or appeared
- nyinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nyrecently made or created
Dutch nieuw, vers
- nieuwof recent origin
- versof recent origin
- nieuwadditional, recently discovered
- nieuwcurrent or later
- nieuwdistinguishing something established more recently
- nieuwin original condition, pristine
- anderrefreshed, reinvigorated
- nieuwrefreshed, reinvigorated
- jongnewborn
- nieuwstrange, unfamiliar
- nieuwrecently arrived or appeared
- nieuwinexperienced, unaccustomed
Esperanto nova
- novarecently made or created
Estonian uus, värske
- uusof recent origin
- värskeadditional, recently discovered
- uuscurrent or later
- uusdistinguishing something established more recently
- uusin original condition, pristine
- uusrefreshed, reinvigorated
- uusnewborn
- uusstrange, unfamiliar
- uusrecently arrived or appeared
- kogenematuinexperienced, unaccustomed
- uusrecently made or created
Finnish uusi, uusi
- uusiof recent origin
- uusiadditional, recently discovered
- tuoreadditional, recently discovered
- uusicurrent or later
- uusidistinguishing something established more recently
- uusiin original condition, pristine
- uusirefreshed, reinvigorated
- uusinewborn
- uusistrange, unfamiliar
- uusirecently arrived or appeared
- uusiinexperienced, unaccustomed
- uusirecently made or created
French nouveau, nouvel
- nouveauof recent origin
- nouvelof recent origin
- nouveauadditional, recently discovered
- nouveladditional, recently discovered
- nouveaucurrent or later
- nouvelcurrent or later
- nouveaudistinguishing something established more recently
- nouveldistinguishing something established more recently
- nouveauin original condition, pristine
- nouvelin original condition, pristine
- neufin original condition, pristine
- nouveaurefreshed, reinvigorated
German neu, neu
- neuof recent origin
- neuadditional, recently discovered
- naiadditional, recently discovered
- neucurrent or later
- naicurrent or later
- neudistinguishing something established more recently
- naidistinguishing something established more recently
- neuin original condition, pristine
- naiin original condition, pristine
- neurefreshed, reinvigorated
- nairefreshed, reinvigorated
- neunewborn
Greek νέος, πρόσφατος
- νέος (néos)additional, recently discovered
- πρόσφατος (prósfatos)additional, recently discovered
- νέος (néos)distinguishing something established more recently
- νέος (néos)newborn
- νέος (néos)recently made or created
- καινούργιος (kainoúrgios)recently made or created
Hawaiian hou
- hourecently made or created
Hebrew חָדָשׁ
- חָדָשׁ (khadásh)recently made or created
Hindi नूतन, ताज़ा
- नूतन (nūtan)of recent origin
- ताज़ा (tāzā)of recent origin
- नवा (navā)of recent origin
- नूतन (nūtan)additional, recently discovered
- ताज़ा (tāzā)additional, recently discovered
- नव (nav)additional, recently discovered
- नवा (navā)additional, recently discovered
- जदीद (jadīd)current or later
- नवा (navā)current or later
- जदीद (jadīd)distinguishing something established more recently
- ताज़ा (tāzā)distinguishing something established more recently
- नवा (navā)distinguishing something established more recently
Hungarian új
- újrecently made or created
Icelandic nýr, nýr
- nýrof recent origin
- nýradditional, recently discovered
- nýrcurrent or later
- nýrdistinguishing something established more recently
- nýrin original condition, pristine
- nýrrefreshed, reinvigorated
- nýrstrange, unfamiliar
- nýrrecently arrived or appeared
- nýrrecently made or created
Indonesian baru, baharu
- barurecently made or created
- baharurecently made or created
Irish óg, nua
- ógnewborn
- nuarecently made or created
- úrrecently made or created
Italian nuovo, nuovo
- nuovoof recent origin
- nuovoadditional, recently discovered
- nuovodistinguishing something established more recently
- frescorefreshed, reinvigorated
- nuovorecently made or created
Japanese 新しい, 新しい
- 新しい (atarashii)of recent origin
- 新しい (atarashii)in original condition, pristine
- 慣れる (nareru)strange, unfamiliar
- 慣れる (nareru)inexperienced, unaccustomed
- 新しい (atarashii)recently made or created
- 新 (shin)recently made or created
Korean 새롭다, 새
- 새롭다 (saeropda)recently made or created
- 새 (sae)recently made or created
- 신 (sin)recently made or created
- 뉴 (nyu)recently made or created
Latin novus, novus
- novusof recent origin
- novuscurrent or later
- novusdistinguishing something established more recently
- novusrefreshed, reinvigorated
- novusnewborn
- novusstrange, unfamiliar
- novusrecently arrived or appeared
- novusinexperienced, unaccustomed
- novusrecently made or created
- novellusrecently made or created
Latvian jauns
- jaunsrecently made or created
Lithuanian naujas
- naujasrecently made or created
Malay baharu, baru
- baharuadditional, recently discovered
- baruadditional, recently discovered
- baharucurrent or later
- barucurrent or later
- barudistinguishing something established more recently
- barurecently made or created
- baharurecently made or created
Māori hōu, hou
- hōurecently made or created
- hourecently made or created
Norwegian ny, ny
- nyof recent origin
- nyadditional, recently discovered
- nycurrent or later
- nåværendecurrent or later
- nydistinguishing something established more recently
- nyin original condition, pristine
- nyrefreshed, reinvigorated
- nyfødtnewborn
- nystrange, unfamiliar
- nyrecently arrived or appeared
- nyinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nyrecently made or created
Persian تازه, نو
- تازه (tâze)of recent origin
- نو (now)additional, recently discovered
- تازه (tâze)additional, recently discovered
- جدید (jadid)additional, recently discovered
- جدید (jadid)current or later
- جدید (jadid)distinguishing something established more recently
- نو (now)in original condition, pristine
- جدید (jadid)refreshed, reinvigorated
- جدید (jadid)strange, unfamiliar
- جدید (jadid)recently arrived or appeared
- تازه کار (tâze-kâr)inexperienced, unaccustomed
- نو (now)recently made or created
Polish nowy, nowy
- nowyadditional, recently discovered
- nowycurrent or later
- nowydistinguishing something established more recently
- nowyin original condition, pristine
- nowyrefreshed, reinvigorated
- młodynewborn
- nowyrecently arrived or appeared
- nowyinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nowyrecently made or created
Portuguese novo, novo
- novoof recent origin
- novoadditional, recently discovered
- novocurrent or later
- novodistinguishing something established more recently
- novoin original condition, pristine
- novorefreshed, reinvigorated
- novonewborn
- novostrange, unfamiliar
- novorecently arrived or appeared
- novoinexperienced, unaccustomed
- novorecently made or created
Punjabi ਨਵਾਂ
- ਨਵਾਂ (navā̃)recently made or created
Romanian nou, nou
- nouof recent origin
- nouadditional, recently discovered
- noucurrent or later
- nounewborn
- noustrange, unfamiliar
- nourecently arrived or appeared
- nouinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nourecently made or created
Russian но́вый, но́вый
- но́вый (nóvyj)of recent origin
- но́вый (nóvyj)additional, recently discovered
- но́вый (nóvyj)current or later
- но́вый (nóvyj)distinguishing something established more recently
- Нью- (Nʹju-)distinguishing something established more recently
- но́вый (nóvyj)in original condition, pristine
- но́вый (nóvyj)refreshed, reinvigorated
- но́вый (nóvyj)newborn
- но́вый (nóvyj)recently arrived or appeared
- но́вый (nóvyj)recently made or created
Scottish Gaelic nuadh, ùr
- nuadhof recent origin
- ùradditional, recently discovered
- nuadhadditional, recently discovered
- nuadhdistinguishing something established more recently
- ùrin original condition, pristine
- ùrnewborn
- ùrstrange, unfamiliar
- nuadhstrange, unfamiliar
- nuadhrecently arrived or appeared
- ùrrecently made or created
- nuadhrecently made or created
Slovak nový
- novýrecently made or created
Spanish nuevo, nuevo
- nuevoadditional, recently discovered
- nuevocurrent or later
- nuevodistinguishing something established more recently
- nuevoin original condition, pristine
- nuevostrange, unfamiliar
- nuevorecently arrived or appeared
- nuevoinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nuevorecently made or created
Swahili -pya, -pya
- -pyaof recent origin
- -pyaadditional, recently discovered
- -pyadistinguishing something established more recently
- -genistrange, unfamiliar
- -pyastrange, unfamiliar
- -genirecently arrived or appeared
- -pyarecently arrived or appeared
- -pyarecently made or created
Swedish ny, ny
- nyof recent origin
- nyadditional, recently discovered
- nyupptäcktadditional, recently discovered
- nycurrent or later
- nydistinguishing something established more recently
- nyin original condition, pristine
- nyrefreshed, reinvigorated
- nynewborn
- nystrange, unfamiliar
- nyrecently arrived or appeared
- nyinexperienced, unaccustomed
- nyrecently made or created
Tagalog bago, bago
- bagoof recent origin
- bagodistinguishing something established more recently
- bagostrange, unfamiliar
- bagorecently arrived or appeared
- baguhaninexperienced, unaccustomed
- bagorecently made or created
Tamil புதிய
- புதிய (putiya)recently made or created
Thai ใหม่, ใหม่
- ใหม่ (mài)additional, recently discovered
- ใหม่ (mài)distinguishing something established more recently
- ใหม่ (mài)recently made or created
- สด (sòt)recently made or created
Turkish yeni
- yenirecently made or created
Ukrainian нови́й
- нови́й (novýj)recently made or created
Urdu نیا
- نیا (nayā)recently made or created
Vietnamese mới
- mớirecently made or created
Welsh ifanc, newydd
- ifancnewborn
- newyddrecently made or created
Yiddish נײַ
- נײַ (nay)recently made or created
Zulu sha
- sharecently made or created
Rhymes & wordplay
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