new

new · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Recently made, discovered, or created; not existing before.

  2. 2.

    Not previously used or owned.

  3. 3.

    Different from what one is used to; unfamiliar.

  4. 4.

    Beginning again; replacing something.

  5. 5.

    Recently arrived or appointed.

  6. 6.

    Different and better than before.

Related words

Antonyms: ancient, old, used
See also: fresh, old, recent
Synonyms: fresh, modern, recent

Etymology

From Old English "niwe, neowe," from Proto-Germanic "niwjaz," from Proto-Indo-European "newos" meaning "new." Cognate with Latin "novus," Greek "neos," and Sanskrit "nava."