Entry Word: novelty

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the quality or appeal of being new <the novelty of having a cat wore off after the first time I had to change the litter box>

Synonyms freshness, newness, originality

Related Words strangeness, unfamiliarity, unusualness; progressiveness; up-to-dateness; departure, divergence, innovation, offshoot, shoot

Near Antonyms banality, commonness, familiarity, staleness

2 novelties pluralsmall useful items <travel kits filled with small bars of soap, a folding toothbrush, and other novelties> — see notion 1
3 a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest <a shop selling souvenirs, T-shirts, and assorted novelties for tourists passing through> — see knickknack