What are some opposite words for novelty?
Antonyms for novelty
ˈnɒv əl tinov·el·ty
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term novelty.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
noveltynoun
A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. 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. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.
Antonyms:
constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformitySynonyms:
alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitudePreposition:
We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.
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Princeton's WordNet
freshness, noveltynoun
originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
Synonyms:
gall, insolence, knickknack, bangle, fallal, crust, gewgaw, impudence, gaud, trinket, cheekiness, glow, bauble, impertinence, freshnessnovelty, freshnessnoun
originality by virtue of being new and surprising
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insolence, impertinence, knickknack, bangle, cheekiness, fallal, freshness, glow, impudence, gaud, gall, crust, bauble, gewgaw, trinketknickknack, noveltynoun
a small inexpensive mass-produced article
Synonyms:
fallal, knickknack, bangle, knickknackery, nicknack, freshness, gaud, whatnot, gewgaw, bric-a-brac, bauble, trinketbangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinketnoun
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Synonyms:
knickknack, bangle, fallal, freshness, gewgaw, gaud, bracelet, bauble, trinket
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
noveltynoun
Synonyms:
newness, change, curiosity, innovation
How to use novelty in a sentence?
We were just hysterical laughing about this, it was an exciting novelty that Bernard Sanders had the chutzpah to jump in there.
It is a huge problem right now, there’s the novelty of a new product, and everybody wants to take them with them. Things just tend to walk away.
Reducing a beautiful, sentient whale to an ingredient on the side of a beer bottle is about as immoral and outrageous as it is possible to get, the brewery may claim that this is just a novelty product with a short shelf life, but what price the life of an endangered whale which might have lived to be 90 years?
To me she was a novelty because the idea of having someone who was promoting gun rights in the former Soviet Union under Putin was kind of an interesting thing, that was kind of her badge that she carried around and what everyone was interested in.
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2932 | identity | |
#9736 | novelty | |
#14474 | persistence | |
#23140 | uniformity | |
#32015 | continuance | |
#45851 | permanence | |
#46133 | firmness | |
#53237 | constancy | |
#109348 | steadiness | |
#164440 | fixity |
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