List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 257

SYNONYMS: new, fresh, novel, newfangled, original.
These adjectives describe what has existed for only a short time, has only lately come into use, or has only recently arrived at a state or position, as of prominence.

New is the most general: a new movie; new clothes; a new friend; a new popular hero. It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities; for there is a new world to be won.
Something fresh has or has retained qualities of newness such as briskness, brightness, or purity: The police found fresh fingerprints on the light switch. Identifying the virus gave scientists fresh hope of discovering a vaccine.
Novel applies to what is both new and strikingly unusual: The Spaniards were astonished at the novel maneuvers of musketeers on skates.
Newfangled suggests that something is needlessly novel; the term is often derogatory: This was the newfangled doctrine of utility.
Something that is original is novel and the first of its kind: The science of pure mathematics, in its modern development, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit.