newness

new  (n, ny)

adj. new·er, new·est

1. Having been made or come into being only a short time ago; recent: a new law.

2.

a. Still fresh: a new coat of paint.

b. Never used or worn before now: a new car; a new hat.

3. Just found, discovered, or learned: new information.

4. Not previously experienced or encountered; novel or unfamiliar: ideas new to her.

5. Different from the former or the old: the new morality.

6. Recently obtained or acquired: new political power; new money.

7. Additional; further: new sources of energy.

8. Recently arrived or established in a place, position, or relationship: new neighbors; a new president.

9. Changed for the better; rejuvenated: The nap has made a new person of me.

10. Being the later or latest in a sequence: a new edition.

11. Currently fashionable: a new dance.

12. New In the most recent form, period, or development.

13. Inexperienced or unaccustomed: new at the job; new to the trials of parenthood.

adv.

Freshly; recently. Often used in combination: new-mown.

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[Middle English newe, from Old English nwe, nowe; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]

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newness n.

Synonyms: new, fresh, novel², 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; a new friend. "It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities" (John F. Kennedy).
Something fresh has qualities of newness such as briskness, brightness, or purity: fresh footprints in the snow; fresh hope of discovering a vaccine.
Novel applies to the new and strikingly unusual: "His sermons were considered bold in thought and novel in language" (Edith Wharton).
Newfangled suggests that something is needlessly novel: "the newfangled doctrine of utility" (John Galt).
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" (Alfred North Whitehead).

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

newness - the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness age - how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age" brand-newness - the property of being very new freshness - the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him" recency, recentness - the property of having happened or appeared not long ago oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness

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newness

noun novelty, innovation, originality, freshness, strangeness, unfamiliarity We all need newness in our lives to stop us from stagnating.

Related words
combining form neo-
fear neophobia

Translations

newness [ˈnjuːnɪs] N

1. [of car, clothes, etc] → lo nuevo

2. [of idea, fashion] → novedad f

3. [of bread] → lo fresco; [of wine] → lo joven

newness [ˈnjuːnɪs] n

(= novelty) [position, approach, situation] → nouveauté f

[fabric, clothes] → état m neuf
New Orleans [ˌnjuːɔː^rˈliːnz ˌnjuːˈɔː^rlənz] n → La Nouvelle-Orléans f
new potato n → pomme f de terre nouvelle

newness

n → Neuheit f; (of bread, cheese etc) → Frische f; his newness to this job/the trade/this town → die Tatsache, dass er neu in dieser Arbeit ist/dass er Neuling ist/dass er erst seit Kurzem in dieser Stadt ist

newness [ˈnjuːnɪs] n → novità

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newness [ˈnjuːnɪs] n → novità