Novel

//ˈnɑvəl//

Synonyms for "novel" (157 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (47)

Adjective(2 words)
freshnew

Related words (78)

Adjective(1 words)
refreshing

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

5 entries

at location

1 entries

created by

2 entries

derived

45 entries

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has context

2 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

27 entries

Showing 16 of 27 words.

similar

2 entries

Translations

194 translations across 92 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Albanian

2 entries
  • novelë noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • καινοπρεπής adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • νεοχμός adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُسْتَجِدّ adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • رِوَايَة noun (work of prose fiction)

Armenian

3 entries
  • նովել noun (work of prose fiction)
  • նորավեպ noun (work of prose fiction)
  • վեպ noun (work of prose fiction)

Asturian

2 entries
  • novedosu adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • novella noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Basque

2 entries
  • eleberri noun (work of prose fiction)
  • nobela noun (work of prose fiction)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • апо́весць noun (work of prose fiction)
  • навэ́ла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • рама́н noun (work of prose fiction)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপন্যাস noun (work of prose fiction)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • उपन्यास noun (work of prose fiction)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • необикновен adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • нов adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • нове́ла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • рома́н noun (work of prose fiction)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဝတ္ထု noun (work of prose fiction)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • рома́н noun (work of prose fiction)

Catalan

2 entries
  • novel·la noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romanç noun (work of prose fiction)

Chinese

2 entries
  • щёфә noun (work of prose fiction)
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 新穎 /新颖 adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 新穎 /新颖 adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Czech

4 entries
  • neotřelý adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • originální adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)
  • román noun (work of prose fiction)

Danish

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Dutch

3 entries
  • nieuw adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novelle noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • romano noun (work of prose fiction)

Estonian

2 entries
  • novell noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romaan noun (work of prose fiction)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skaldsøga noun (work of prose fiction)

Finnish

3 entries
  • uudenlainen adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • uusi adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • romaani noun (work of prose fiction)

French

4 entries
  • nouveau adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • nouvelle adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • original adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • originale adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)

Galician

1 entries
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ნოველა noun (work of prose fiction)
  • რომანი noun (work of prose fiction)

German

4 entries
  • neu adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • neuartig adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • Novelle noun (work of prose fiction)
  • Roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Greek

3 entries
  • πρωτότυπος adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • μυθιστόρημα noun (work of prose fiction)
  • νουβέλα noun (work of prose fiction)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רוֹמָן noun (work of prose fiction)

Hindi

4 entries
  • नया adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • उपन्यास noun (work of prose fiction)
  • कथा noun (work of prose fiction)
  • कहानी noun (work of prose fiction)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • újfajta adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • regény noun (work of prose fiction)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skáldsaga noun (work of prose fiction)

Ido

1 entries
  • nova adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • novel noun (work of prose fiction)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • romance noun (work of prose fiction)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • رُمان noun (work of prose fiction)

Irish

2 entries
  • nóibhille noun (work of prose fiction)
  • úrscéal noun (work of prose fiction)

Italian

4 entries
  • nuovo adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • originale adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novella noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romanzo noun (work of prose fiction)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 新型の adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • 新奇 adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • 小説 noun (work of prose fiction)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕಾದಂಬರಿ noun (work of prose fiction)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • pòwiesc noun (work of prose fiction)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • новелла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • повесть noun (work of prose fiction)
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ប្រលោមលោក noun (work of prose fiction)
  • រ៉ូម៉ង់ noun (work of prose fiction)

Korean

1 entries
  • 소설 noun (work of prose fiction)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • новелла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • повесть noun (work of prose fiction)
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເລື່ອງສັ້ນ noun (work of prose fiction)

Latin

4 entries
  • novellus adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • fābula Mīlēsia noun (work of prose fiction)
  • fābula Rōmānēnsis noun (work of prose fiction)
  • mythistoria noun (work of prose fiction)

Latvian

2 entries
  • novele noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romāns noun (work of prose fiction)

Ligurian

2 entries
  • cónto noun (work of prose fiction)
  • racónto noun (work of prose fiction)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • novelė noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romanas noun (work of prose fiction)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • несекојдневен adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • нов adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • нове́ла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)

Malay

2 entries
  • novel noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कादंबरी noun (work of prose fiction)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)
  • тууж noun (work of prose fiction)

Māori

1 entries
  • pakimaero noun (work of prose fiction)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Oromo

1 entries
  • asoosama noun (work of prose fiction)

Pashto

2 entries
  • رومان noun (work of prose fiction)
  • ناول noun (work of prose fiction)

Polish

3 entries
  • nowy adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • nowela noun (work of prose fiction)
  • powieść noun (work of prose fiction)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • nova adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novo adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • original adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)

Romanian

4 entries
  • nou adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • original adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • original adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • nuvelă noun (work of prose fiction)

Russian

4 entries
  • но́вый adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • оригина́льный adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • нове́лла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • по́весть noun (work of prose fiction)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • nobhail noun (work of prose fiction)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • novèla noun (work of prose fiction)
  • ròmān noun (work of prose fiction)
  • новѐла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • ро̀ма̄н noun (work of prose fiction)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නවකතාව noun (work of prose fiction)

Slovak

2 entries
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)
  • román noun (work of prose fiction)

Slovene

2 entries
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Spanish

3 entries
  • novedoso adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • novela noun (work of prose fiction)
  • romance noun (work of prose fiction)

Swahili

2 entries
  • pya adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • riwaya noun (work of prose fiction)

Swedish

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • akdang-buhay noun (work of prose fiction)
  • kathambuhay noun (work of prose fiction)
  • nobela noun (work of prose fiction)

Tajik

4 entries
  • нақл noun (work of prose fiction)
  • новелла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)
  • қисса noun (work of prose fiction)

Tamil

2 entries
  • நாவல் noun (work of prose fiction)
  • புதினம் noun (work of prose fiction)

Tatar

2 entries
  • новелла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • роман noun (work of prose fiction)

Telugu

2 entries
  • వినూత్న adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • నవల noun (work of prose fiction)

Thai

3 entries
  • แนวใหม่ adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • นวนิยาย noun (work of prose fiction)
  • นิยาย noun (work of prose fiction)

Turkish

2 entries
  • yeni adj (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • нове́ла noun (work of prose fiction)
  • по́вість noun (work of prose fiction)
  • рома́н noun (work of prose fiction)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ناوِل noun (work of prose fiction)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • رومان noun (work of prose fiction)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • novella noun (work of prose fiction)
  • povest noun (work of prose fiction)
  • qissa noun (work of prose fiction)
  • roman noun (work of prose fiction)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tiểu thuyết noun (work of prose fiction)

Welsh

1 entries
  • nofel noun (work of prose fiction)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 小說 /小说 noun (work of prose fiction)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ראָמאַן noun (work of prose fiction)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Have you finished reading the novel?

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A novel idea occurred to me.

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We thought much of his first novel.

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I'll soon finish reading this novel.

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