<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip</li><li>Synonyms: new, fresh</li><li>Antonyms: old, early</li><li>not long past: in recent years</li><li>of or belonging to a time not long past</li><li>Geology: noting or pertaining to the present epoch, originating at the end of the glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, and forming the latter half of the Quaternary Period; Holocene</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Recent: Geology: the Recent Epoch or Series; also called Holocene.</li></ul>