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recentish

recentish

7.0
Not very new but not old
  • adjective
  • /ˈriːsəntɪʃ/
  • Informal
translation icon : relativamente reciente
  • We moved into this apartment recentish and are still getting settled.

Examples

  • Her job interview was only recentish, so she's still waiting for a response.

  • I read a recentish article about climate change.

  • This is a recentish update.

  • I bought this recentish book last month.

  • I watched a recentish documentary on wildlife that sparked my interest in conservation.

  • She found a recentish recipe online that uses seasonal ingredients.

  • My friend has a recentish smartphone, so he can take great photos.

Synonyms

recent
vsrecentish
∞ 1.0

Happening not long ago

is milder, fairly current but less strongly fresh
newish
vsrecentish
  • Informal
3 2.8

Made or bought fairly recently and not very old

is more moderate, somewhat current but less novel

Antonyms

old-fashioned
149 4.7

Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time

obsolete
93 5.8

No longer used or made because something newer replaces it

How Recent

brand-new
321 1.2
new
∞ 1.0
recent
∞ 1.0
recentish
  • Informal
7.0

Surface Forms

recentish positive

Morphology

recentish = recent (transparent) = recent + ish

The suffix '-ish' here means 'somewhat' or 'approximately', so 'recentish' straightforwardly means 'fairly recent'.

Etymology

Recentish comes from recent (meaning 'not long ago' or 'fairly new') plus the small ending -ish (meaning 'somewhat' or 'about'). A helpful way to remember it is that recentish is what you say when something is 'somewhat recent' — not brand new but not old either.