Synonyms of recent

recent

adjective

as in latest

happening or beginning not long ago

Recent events have brought attention to the problem.

I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.

Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades.

Related Words

• latest
• current
• newest
• new
• contemporary
• late
• modern
• progressive
• advanced
• developed
• higher
• novel
• now
• present-day
• evolved
• newfangled
• up-to-date
• improved
• perfected
• ultramodern
• cutting-edge
• leading-edge
• educated
• mod
• forward
• matured
• precocious
• high
• space-age
• civilized
• new-fashioned
• mature
• supermodern
• full-scale
• grown
• refined
• ripe
• full-blown
• aged
• full-fledged
• enhanced
• enlightened
• ripened

Dissimilar Words

• green
• early
• immature
• underdeveloped
• past
• savage
• undersized
• unripe
• underweight
• uneducated
• old
• unripened
• embryonic
• uncivilized
• primordial
• primeval
• germinal
• old-time
• dated
• obsolete
• antique
• antiquated
• hoary
• lower
• old-fashioned
• antediluvian
• out-of-date
• rudimentary
• primitive
• Neanderthal
• musty
• low
• fusty
• outworn
• backward
• undeveloped
• rude
• nonprogressive
• oldfangled
• passé

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recent

In a recent state-by-state analysis, the group found that average benefit cuts would exceed $500 in 29 states. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

France also has shut down six nuclear reactors in recent days because of extreme heat and drought — and because a mass of jellyfish washed up outside one power plant on the English Channel coast, utility company EDF said. — Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Mortgage rates hit a recent low at the end of February but rose sharply at the start of the war with Iran. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Thanks to the rise of this offshore world in recent decades, tens of trillions of dollars have simply disappeared from ledgers around the globe, slipping into a world that is largely untouchable and untraceable. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026