recent

/ɹˈisənt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. new
   “recent graduates”
2. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
   “a late development”

noun

1. approximately the last 10,000 years

Synonyms for recent

• new
• late
• past
• Holocene
• Holocene epoch
• Recent epoch

Words that rhyme with recent

• decent
• indecent
• mellicent