new year
Twelve months ahead
A new year is any year that is beginning or about to begin, marking the transition from one calendar year to the next.
The phrase emphasizes freshness and renewal: I'm hoping the new year brings better luck.
It can refer to any annual cycle, not just January: The school's new year starts in September. (Capitalized New Year is the holiday.)
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- beginningInitial stage of something
- calendarDate-tracking system
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
goals · transition · optimism · first · rebirth · countdown · ball drop · stroke of midnight · Gregorian calendar · midnight · clock · resolution · celebration · toast · winter · festive · eve · solstice
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- calendarcalendar, date, day, week, month
- calendar datesholiday, anniversary, birthday, deadline, appointment
- Calendar ThemesApril showers, June solstice, September equinox, seasonal cycles, calendar art
- calendarscalendar, calendar day, calendar month, lunar calendar, almanac
- cultural rhythmsfestivals, holidays, seasons, harvest cycles, lunar cycles
symbolic meaning
new yearsame old routine
old year · status quo · stagnation · year in review · business as usual
new, year, renew, annual, renewal, newly, newness, newbie, renewing