Dictionary Entry
novel
novel is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
- 2adjective
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
- 3adjective
News; fresh tidings.
- 4adjective
A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.
- 5adjective
A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.
- 6noun
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
"his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"
"he burned all the novels"
- 7noun
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
- 8adjective
pleasantly new or different
"common sense of a most refreshing sort"
Synonyms
- 9adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
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