Recent — synonyms, definition

1. recent (a)

26 synonyms

advanced avant-garde budding contemporary crisp current earlier early fashionable fresh green late latest modern new new-fashioned newfangled novel one-time original • • •

2. recent (Adjective)

2 definitions

recent (Adjective) — Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time. ex. "his recent trip to Africa" ex. "in recent months" ex. "a recent issue of the journal"

recent (Adjective) — New. ex. "recent graduates" ex. "a recent addition to the house" ex. "recent buds on the apple trees"

3. recent (Noun)

3 synonyms

Holocene Holocene epoch Recent epoch

1 definition

recent (Noun) — Approximately the last 10,000 years.

1 type of

epoch

3 parts of

Age of Man Quaternary period quaternary