adjective. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.

adjective. Modern; new.

adjective. Of, relating to, or being the Holocene Epoch.

Of or pertaining to time just before the present; not long past in occurrence or existence; lately happening or being; newly appearing, done, or made: as, recent events; recent importations; recent memories; recent news; a recent speech.

Of modern date, absolutely or relatively; not of primitive or remote origin; belonging to or occurring in times not far removed.

Still fresh in quality or existence; not old or degenerate; unchanged by time: said of things liable to rapid change, as newly gathered plants or specimens in natural history.

In geology, of or pertaining to the epoch regarded as the present from a geological point of view.

Lately come; not long removed or separated.

Synonyms Late, Fresh, etc. See new.

adjective. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch.

adjective. Having happened a short while ago.

adjective. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.

adjective. new

adjective. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

noun. approximately the last 10,000 years

"Sarah Palin tore into Michelle Obama on Fox News Wednesday, criticizing the first lady for what she characterized as a recent condescending defense of her husband's presidency."

ancient  obsolete  

fresh  modern  new  

new  past  

recently  

epoch  

decent  indecent  

late  major  previous  

ancient  brand-new  current  early  erstwhile