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1. new (vs. old) -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World").
2. new(prenominal) -- (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"; "ready to take a new direction").
3. new, unexampled -- (having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity").
4. fresh, new, novel -- (of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem").
5. raw, new, wet behind the ears(predicate) -- (lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel").
6. newfangled, new -- (of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion).
7. new, new to(predicate) -- ((often followed by `to') unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job").
8. new, young -- ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn").
9. new -- (unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new").
10. New -- (in use after Medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties").
11. Modern, New -- (used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew").

1. recently, newly, freshly, fresh, new -- (very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes").

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