noveltynoun
uk/ˈnɒv.əl.ti/us/ˈnɑː.vəl.t̬i/C2 [ U ] the quality of being new and unusual:
The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
In Britain in the 1950s, television still had novelty value.
C2 [ C ] something that has not been experienced before and so is interesting:
Tourists are still a novelty on this remote island.
[ C ] a cheap unusual object such as a small toy, often given as a present:
The shop sells gifts and other novelties.
A Christmas cracker usually contains a paper hat, a joke, and a novelty.
a novelty item
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novel
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
- up-to-the-minute idiom
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