nnoun.communicationan extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a storyDerivationally Related Form:novelettenovelist
Hypernyms:fiction
Inherited Hypernyms:novelfictionliterary compositionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:detective noveldime novelmangamystery novelnovelettenovellapenny dreadfulroman a clefroman fleuveromance
Full Hyponyms:bodice ripperdetective noveldime novelgothic romancemanganoveletteroman a clefroman fleuveromance
nnoun.artifacta printed and bound book that is an extended work of fictionExamples:- his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels
- he burned all the novels
Derivationally Related Form:novelettenovelist
Hypernyms:book volume
Inherited Hypernyms:novelbookproductcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adj satadj.alloriginal and of a kind not seen beforeSynset:fresh new
Examples:- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
Antonyms:unoriginal
Derivationally Related Form:freshness
Inherited Hypernyms:fresh
Similar to:original
adj satadj.allpleasantly new or differentSynset:refreshing
Examples:- common sense of a most refreshing sort
Antonyms:old
Inherited Hypernyms:novel
Similar to:new