Synonyms for recent
ˈri səntre·cent

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1. recent

   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. Modern denotes that which has begun to exist in the present age, and is still existing; recent denotes that which has come into existence within a comparatively brief period, and may or may not be existing still. Modern history pertains to any period since the middle ages; modern literature, modern architecture, etc., are not strikingly remote from the styles and types prevalent to-day. That which is late is somewhat removed from the present, but not far enough to be called old. That which is recent is not quite so sharply distinguished from the past as that which is new; recent publications range over a longer time than new books. That which is novel is either absolutely or relatively unprecedented in kind; a novel contrivance is one that has never before been known; a novel experience is one that has never before occurred to the same person; that which is new may be of a familiar or even of an ancient sort, as a new copy of an old book. Young and youthful are applied to that which has life; that which is young is possessed of a comparatively new existence as a living thing, possessing actual youth; that which is youthful manifests the attributes of youth. (Compare YOUTHFUL.) Fresh applies to that which has the characteristics of newness or youth, while capable of deterioration by lapse of time; that which is unworn, unspoiled, or unfaded; as, a fresh countenance, fresh eggs, fresh flowers. New is opposed to old, modern to ancient, recent to remote, young to old, aged, etc.

   See synonyms for OLD.

   Synonyms:
   fresh, juvenile, late, modern, new, new-fangled, new-fashioned, new-made, novel, upstart, young, youthful

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1. recent

   Synonyms:
   late, new, fresh, novel, modern, new-fangled

   Antonyms:
   ancient, antiquated, primitive, archaic

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1. Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epochadjective

   approximately the last 10,000 years

   Antonyms:
   present(a), future, old

2. recentadjective

   new

   "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees"

   Synonyms:
   late(a)

   Antonyms:
   old, present(a), future

3. late(a), recentadjective

   of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

   "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"

   Antonyms:
   old, present(a), future

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1. recentadjective

   Synonyms:
   new, late

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1. List of paraphrases for "recent":

   recently, last, latest, past, latter, showcase, up-to-date, final, lately, modern, current, haditha, newly, new

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1. Patrick Keon:

   We've seen a continuation of some recent trends.

2. Jorge Domecq:

   The figures for research in the defence field are quite worrying. They have gone down in recent years exponentially.

3. Rishi Sunak:

   The oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits, not as the result of recent changes, risk-taking or innovation or efficiency, but as the result of surging global commodity prices.

4. Richard Burr:

   The committee looks forward to receiving testimony from the former director on his role in the development of the intelligence community assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, and I am hopeful that he will clarify for the American people recent events that have been broadly reported in the media.

5. Steve Vladeck:

   This is now the 24th time that the Trump administration has asked The Court to put a lower court decision on hold in less than three years compared to a total of eight such requests during the 16 years of the George W. Bush and Obama administration's combined, as in this case, the justices have often agreed to these requests even when the lower court ruling, as in the most recent case, had only a local impact.