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Synonyms for novelty

Most common

trinket bauble bangle gee-gaw

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state of being new or novel; newness.

Related words

Phrases
novelty item

Forms

Plural
novelties → trinkets, baubles, bangles, gee-gaws…

Choose the right word

Novelty or Change?

Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty.

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

Example sentences

  • trinket This little trinket would go well on my shelf.
  • innovation Science is essential for innovation and progress.
  • freshness This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
noveltyrising
trinketrising
banglerising
baublerising
innovationrising

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

By length

4 letters
gaud
6 letters
change1, bangle2, bauble2
7 letters
trinket2, newness2
9 letters
freshness2
10 letters
innovation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bangle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
nouveauté
Italiano
novità
Español
novedad