Definition for Recent:

• near to or not long before the present; " recent times"; " of recent origin"

Synonyms for Recent:

• adj.

  •different (adjective)
  • unusual.
  •early (adjective)
  • Proleptical,
  • prevenient,
  • a bit previous.
  •fresh (adjective)
  • comer,
  • green*,
  • unprocessed,
  • immature,
  • gleaming,
  • crisp,
  • different,
  • hot*,
  • virginal,
  • untouched,
  • crude,
  • mint,
  • state-of-the-art,
  • unseasoned,
  • glistening,
  • sparkling,
  • youthful,
  • unconventional,
  • natural,
  • beginning,
  • radical.
  •green (adjective)
  • half-formed,
  • tender,
  • unripe,
  • undried,
  • pullulating,
  • pliable,
  • growing,
  • juvenile,
  • callow,
  • bosky,
  • grassy,
  • lush,
  • flourishing,
  • puerile,
  • Maturing,
  • burgeoning,
  • Undecayed,
  • verduous,
  • leafy,
  • developing,
  • sprouting,
  • ungrown,
  • unfledged,
  • foliate,
  • verdant,
  • supple,
  • green,
  • infant.
  •hot (adjective)
  • groovy*,
  • sought after,
  • trendy,
  • favored,
  • sought-after,
  • marvelous,
  • super,
  • cool*,
  • approved,
  • dandy,
  • glorious,
  • neat*,
  • keen,
  • popular,
  • peachy*,
  • nifty*,
  • in demand.
  •immediate (adjective)
  • direct,
  • primary,
  • adjacent,
  • close,
  • proximate,
  • nearby,
  • firsthand,
  • nearest,
  • contiguous,
  • nigh.
  •in the beginning (adjective)
  • early.
  •late (adjective)
  • advanced,
  • latest.
  •latter (adjective)
  • lag,
  • last,
  • closing,
  • last mentioned,
  • final,
  • eventual,
  • second,
  • terminal,
  • hindmost,
  • last-mentioned,
  • later,
  • rearmost,
  • following.
  •latter-day (adjective)
  • Latterday,
  • latter day.
  •modern (adjective)
  • concurrent,
  • coincident,
  • last word,
  • twenty- first century,
  • modernized,
  • prevalent,
  • prevailing,
  • concomitant,
  • modish,
  • avant-garde,
  • stylish.
  •new (adjective)
  • topical,
  • up-to-date,
  • current,
  • untried,
  • unfamiliar,
  • late-breaking,
  • newest.
  •novel (adjective)
  • most novel,
  • far cry,
  • un-common,
  • more innovative,
  • un-commoner,
  • un commonest,
  • un common,
  • un commoner,
  • innovative.
  •past (adjective)
  • long-ago,
  • ages ago,
  • gone by,
  • behind one,
  • ex,
  • back when,
  • long ago,
  • ex-,
  • gone-by,
  • good old days,
  • way back,
  • one time,
  • down memory lane,
  • way back when,
  • time was,
  • olden days.
  •synchronic (adjective)
  • co-existent,
  • co existent.
  •unspoiled (adjective)
  • un polluted,
  • un-polluted,
  • more unpolluted,
  • unspoiled,
  • un tainted,
  • un spoiled,
  • un-tainted,
  • un-spoiled.
  •young (adjective)
  • not aged,
  • boylike,
  • pubescent,
  • Newish,
  • girllike,
  • half-grown.

• n.

  •
  • just now,
  • only just,
  • just,
  • the other day.
  •earlier (noun)
  • former.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • latterly,
  • recently,
  • freshly,
  • original,
  • newly,
  • space age,
  • lately.
  •former
  • erstwhile.
  •infant
  • newborn.

Paraphrases for Recent:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    recently.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    previous, contemporary, later, up-to-date, few, subsequent, last-ditch, fresh, near, present, current, preceding, ultimate, remaining, topical, emerging, updated, several, nearby, fledgling, certain, last-minute, last.
  • Proper noun, singular
    developments, matters, departments, highlights, roma, current, last.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    emerging.

Antonyms for Recent:

• adj.

  • current
    old, past, preceding, earlier, future, old-fashioned.
  • early
    late.
  • fresh
    tired, stale, used.
  • green
    withered.
  • hot
    out, unpopular.
  • immediate
    distant, away, far.
  • late
    antique.
  • latter
    earliest, former.
  • modern
    ancient, obsolete, passe, antiquated, outdated.
  • Other antonyms:
    present.

Recent Sentence Examples:

• They talked and laughed and sang, and it was evident that their recent anxiety had passed.

• In recent years it has been only too often the custom to excuse or to justify many of these cases.

Homophones for Recent:

• reignite, regiment, recount, recusant, reasoned, rescind, rose window, reacquaint, reason out, recommit, raisin moth, recommend, regimented, rock hind, reassignment, roughened, resinoid, rush nut, richmond, recondite, resonant, resinate, regent, reassessment, reach into, resound, resigned, rosinweed, recant, resent, rough-sand, reagent, resonate, rock candy, recommended, regnant, resinated.