Definition of recent

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• recent is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• recent is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• recent is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of recent

• approximately the last 10,000 years (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. holocene
  2. holocene epoch
  3. recent epoch
• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time (adjective)

  Examples

  1. his recent trip to Africa
  2. in recent months
  3. a recent issue of the journal

  Synonyms

  1. late
• new (adjective)

  Examples

  1. recent graduates
  2. a recent addition to the house
  3. recent buds on the apple trees

See definition of recent in Merriam Webster