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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deteriorated existent existing out-of-date outdated unstylish worn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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“I’d like to see a new owner,” Ryan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The new law also prompted the agency to move more quickly on establishing the bulks list.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Wrack said: "We have a masculinity crisis brewing in our schools. Teachers desperately need increased support to deal with this new frontier of behaviour management."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

You remember that Picnic_ant sometimes refers to a new part-time job, though she rarely goes into details during game night.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.