Antonyms for novelty
ˈnɒv əl tinov·el·ty

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1. 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, uniformity

   Synonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Preposition:
   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.

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Article
   • Originality

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. freshness, noveltynoun

   originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

   Synonyms:
   gall, insolence, knickknack, bangle, fallal, crust, gewgaw, impudence, gaud, trinket, cheekiness, glow, bauble, impertinence, freshness

2. novelty, freshnessnoun

   originality by virtue of being new and surprising

   Synonyms:
   insolence, impertinence, knickknack, bangle, cheekiness, fallal, freshness, glow, impudence, gaud, gall, crust, bauble, gewgaw, trinket

3. knickknack, noveltynoun

   a small inexpensive mass-produced article

   Synonyms:
   fallal, knickknack, bangle, knickknackery, nicknack, freshness, gaud, whatnot, gewgaw, bric-a-brac, bauble, trinket

4. bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinketnoun

   cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

   Synonyms:
   knickknack, bangle, fallal, freshness, gewgaw, gaud, bracelet, bauble, trinket

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1. noveltynoun

   Synonyms:
   newness, change, curiosity, innovation

How to use novelty in a sentence?

1. Randal Quarles:

   Before we get carried away with the novelty, I think we need to subject the promises of a CBDC to a careful critical analysis.

2. Richard Adams:

   The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

3. Jim Rader:

   We were just hysterical laughing about this, it was an exciting novelty that Bernard Sanders had the chutzpah to jump in there.

4. Marcel Proust:

   The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

5. Anthony Burgess:

   Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.

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