NOVEL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
   Usage Example(s)
   • his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels
   • he burned all the novels
   Hypernyms(s) novel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • book (what does book mean?)
   • volume (what does volume mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a extended fictional work in prose
   • usually in the form of a story
   Hypernyms(s) novel is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fiction (what does fiction mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • detective novel (what does detective novel mean?)
   • mystery novel (what does mystery novel mean?)
   • dime novel (what does dime novel mean?)
   • penny dreadful (what does penny dreadful mean?)
   • novelette (what does novelette mean?)
   • novella (what does novella mean?)
   • roman a clef (what does roman a clef mean?)
   • romance (what does romance mean?)
   • roman fleuve (what does roman fleuve mean?)

NOVEL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • pleasantly novel or different
   Synonym(s)
   • refreshing (what does refreshing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • common sense of a most refreshing sort
   Similar To
   • new (what does new mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of a kind not seen before
   Synonym(s)
   • fresh (what does fresh mean?)
   • new (what does new mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
   Similar To
   • original (what does original mean?)