NEWNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

newness

noun

Definition of newness

as in novelty

the quality or appeal of being new all that the skyscraper has going for it is its newness, for it's an ugly, poorly designed building

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Recent Examples of newness After all, luxury consumers — no matter their budgets — want newness. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Stettheimer processes all this newness through Susanna’s internal dissonance and the novel’s elliptical quality. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 Still, there has been some criticism that Swoosh isn’t bringing newness to the market fast enough. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Or will there be some growing pains as all that newness meshes together? — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Nowitzki’s classic will have some newness of its own, with a Dallas Cowboys legend making his debut at the event. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026 Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham is surrounded by newness. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Given the relative newness of the program and the voluntary nature of the certification, not all native plant suppliers will be included, although the list will likely expand over time. — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The general trivia and straight clues are also tough, and there’s a good amount of novelty, including 11 debut entries, a few oddballs among them, and one utterly brutal misdirect that significantly spiced up my solving experience.

— Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2026
That difference is now proving itself in luxury real estate, where the quality of the experience determines whether surf is a fleeting novelty or an anchor with staying power.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of novelty

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At Garth Greenan, where more than forty of Drexler’s paintings and drawings from the sixties were on display, I was struck, once again, by the astonishing freshness and psychological bite of her work.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
The range, the variety, the freshness, the ecstatic culture of experimentation.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of freshness

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