Recent

Meaning of Recent

adjective
  1. having happened, begun, or been done not long ago; belonging to a past period comparatively close to the present.
    his recent visit to Britain
    a recent edition of the newspaper
  2. another term for Holocene.

noun, singular proper noun

the Holocene epoch.

late Middle English (in the sense ‘fresh’): from Latin recens, recent- or French récent .

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Hyphenation of Recent

Re-cent

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Recent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Recent synonyms

Meaning late:

late

Meaning Holocene:

Holocene

Meaning produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:

new

Meaning belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now:

current

Meaning not previously known or used; new or different:

fresh

Meaning relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past:

modern

Meaning belonging to or occurring in the present:

contemporary

Meaning occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to the beginning:

latter

Meaning new or modern; recent:

neoteric

Meaning nearest in time, relationship, or rank:

immediate

Recent antonyms

Meaning having lived for a long time; no longer young:

old

Meaning having previously been a particular thing:

former

Anagrams of Recent

Center, center, Centre, centre, entrec, tenrec

Words that rhyme with Recent

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