Definitions

new

[noo, nyoo] / nu, nyu /

ADJECTIVE

recent, fresh

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advanced brand-new contemporary current different late modern original recent state-of-the-art strange unfamiliar unique unusual

WEAK

au courant cutting-edge dewy dissimilar distinct fashionable inexperienced just out latest modernistic modish neoteric new-fangled newfangled novel now spick-and-span topical ultramodern unaccustomed uncontaminated unknown unlike unseasoned unskilled unspoiled untouched untrained untried untrodden unused up-to-date virgin youthful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated common familiar future like normal old old-fashioned past regular similar standard usual

WEAK

deteriorated existent existing out-of-date outdated unstylish worn

ADJECTIVE

additional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fresh more other

WEAK

added another else extra farther further increased supplementary

Antonyms

WEAK

existent existing

ADJECTIVE

modernized, restored

Synonyms

STRONGEST

improved

WEAK

altered changed redesigned refreshed regenerated renewed revived

Antonyms

WEAK

deteriorated old worn

ADVERB

recently

Synonyms

STRONG

freshly newly

WEAK

afresh anew lately of late

Antonyms

WEAK

old past

Example Sentences

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“This is new territory,” says Gi-Wook Shin, director of Stanford University’s Korea Program.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Read more: Micron, Marvell drag the tech sector into a new bearish phase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

By exempting improvements while continuing to tax land—and by making the abatement broad, automatic and predictable—the city let markets decide where demand justified new housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Rhone pleaded not guilty to the new charges and is scheduled to be back in court again in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Joey is suddenly wide awake, blinking her dark brown eyes at her new home as the ambulance comes to a stop.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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