new

new is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as adverb, transitive/intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
2. superlative. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3. superlative. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4. superlative. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
5. superlative. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous.
6. superlative. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
7. superlative. Fresh from anything; newly come.
8. adverb. Newly; recently.
9. transitive/intransitive verb. To make new; to renew.
10. adjective. unfamiliar

    "new experiences"

    "experiences new to him"

11. adjective. having no previous example or precedent or parallel

    "a time of unexampled prosperity"

    Synonyms: unexampled

12. adjective. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

    "new potatoes"

    "young corn"

    Synonyms: young

13. adjective. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

    "Modern English"

    "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"

    Synonyms: modern

14. adjective. in use after medieval times

    "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties"

15. adjective. lacking training or experience

    "the new men were eager to fight"

    "raw recruits"

    Synonyms: raw

16. adjective. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

    "a new law"

    "new cars"

17. adjective. original and of a kind not seen before

    "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

    Synonyms: fresh, novel

18. adjective. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

    "newfangled ideas"

    "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

    Synonyms: newfangled

19. adjective. other than the former one(s); different

    "they now have a new leaders"

    "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"

20. adjective. unaffected by use or exposure

    "it looks like new"

21. adverb. very recently

    "they are newly married"

    "newly raised objections"

    Synonyms: fresh, freshly, newly

Synonyms

unexampled, young, modern, raw, fresh, novel, newfangled, freshly, newly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in new:

wen

Common word forms

news, newer, newly, newest, newing, newness

Words from these letters

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