adj. 1
In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
adj. 2
Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
adv. 1
Synonym of newly, especially in composition.
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown hay, new-laid eggs
adv. 2
As new; from scratch.
They are scraping the site clean to build new.

Related words

Word family: newbie newfag newfangled new-fashioned newform newfriend newie newline
Phrases: new chum new cocoyam new bug new wave brand-new new moon new blood new canvas

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That which is new has lately come into existence, possession, or use; a new house is just built, or in a more general sense is one that has just come into the possession of the present owner or occupant.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

unused Napoleon's headquarters were in an unused windmill.
untried The impossible is often the untried.
current Dilma Rousseff is the current President of Brazil.
original You seem to have lost sight of original objective.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
new		steady
unused		falling
untried		falling
reinvigorated		rising
current		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: late¹, mint¹, anew²
5 letters: other², young¹, early², green¹, fresh¹, novel², newly²
6 letters: modern², recent², virgin², maiden², unused², afresh²
7 letters: current², strange¹, renewed², freshly², untried²
8 letters: original⁴, recently³, youthful², reformed², pristine², virginal³
9 letters: refreshed², unfledged
10 letters: unfamiliar⁴, newfangled³
12 letters: unaccustomed⁴
13 letters: revolutionary⁶, inexperienced⁵, reinvigorated⁶

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anew² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: nouveau
Italiano: nuovo
Español: nuevo
Deutsch: neu