novel

novel
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. story, book, romance, epic; novella. See description, writing. —adj. new, unusual, different, remarkable, unique. See newness.
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(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. new, odd, innovative, different; see original 2 , 3 , unique 1 , unusual 1 , 2 .
See Synonym Study at new . n.
Syn. paperback, best-seller, fiction; see book 1 , story .
Types of novels include: Romance, historical Romance, autobiographical, epistolary, detective, love, BildungsRoman (German), Roman fleuve, Roman à clef ( both French), novella, adventure, ghost, mystery, western, science fiction, sci-fi, SF, science fantasy, novel of the soil; historical, regional, naturalistic, Gothic, problem, biographical, psychological, political, pornographic, satirical, picaresque, social, adventure, supernatural; thriller*, chiller*, shocker*, bodice-ripper*, techno-thriller*, potboiler*, pulp*, porn*.
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
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n.
narrative, story, fiction, saga, tale, yarn, chronicle, dime novel, best-seller, paperback, novelette, novella. ''A short story padded.''—Ambrose Bierce.
WORD FIND
• characters are real persons under fictitious names: roman à clef
• cheap novel of yesteryear: dime novel, penny dreadful
• highbrow: literary novel
• historical romance: gothic, bodice ripper, Regency romance
• imaginative: sword and scorcery, fantasy, sci-fi, space opera
• lengthy chronicle of a family or society: roman-fleuve
• mystery: whodunit, police procedural
• rags to riches: Horatio Alger story
• real events, based on: docudrama
• ridiculing life: satire
• young person’s maturation: Bildungsroman, come-of-age story
see book
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a.
new, first of its kind, unusual, newfangled, fresh, original, unfamiliar, innovative, offbeat, unique, unprecedented, unheard of.
ANT.: old hat, old-fashioned, trite
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not the same as what was previously known or done: different, fresh, innovative, inventive, new, newfangled, original, unfamiliar, unprecedented. See NEW. 2. Not usual or ordinary: atypic, atypical, unconventional, unordinary, unusual, unwonted. Slang: offbeat. See USUAL.

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  • Novel — Novel …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Novel — Nov el, a. [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See {New}.] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. [1913 Webster] Note: In civil law,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Novel — Escudo …   Wikipedia Español

  • Novel — Nov el, n. [F. nouvelle. See {Novel}, a.] 1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer. [1913 Webster] 3. A fictitious tale or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • novel — I adjective alien, anomalous, bizarre, different, distinctive, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, foreign, fresh, innovative, inusitate, irregular, modern, neoteric, neoterical, new, newly come, nonconformist, novus, odd, original, peculiar,… …   Law dictionary

  • novel — ‘Que se estrena en una actividad’: «Marta lloraba, reía y suspiraba sola, como un padre novel en la antesala del paritorio» (Longares Romanticismo [Esp. 2001]). Es voz aguda: [nobél]. No es correcta la forma llana ⊕ nóvel. No debe confundirse con …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • novel — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que acaba de empezar en una actividad o profesión: La autora de este libro es una escritora novel, pero de cierta fama. Pepe es novel, pero no conduce mal …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • novel — [näv′əl] adj. [ME novell < OFr novel < L novellus, dim. of novus, NEW] new and unusual; esp., being the first of its kind n. [It novella < L neut. pl. of novellus (see NOVEL the adj. ), hence, orig., new things, news] 1. Obs. NOVELLA… …   English World dictionary

  • novel — [adj] new, original at cutting edge*, atypical, avant garde, breaking new ground*, contemporary, different, far cry*, fresh, funky*, innovative, just out*, modernistic, neoteric, newfangled, new fashioned, now*, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare,… …   New thesaurus

  • novel — (Del cat. novell, nuevo). adj. Que comienza a practicar un arte o una profesión, o tiene poca experiencia en ellos. U. t. c. s.) ☛ V. caballero novel …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • novel — Ⅰ. novel [1] ► NOUN ▪ a fictitious prose narrative of book length. ORIGIN from Italian novella storia new story . Ⅱ. novel [2] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ interestingly new or unusual …   English terms dictionary

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