- novel
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ hardback, hardcover (esp. AmE), paperback▪ debut▪ first, second, etc.▪
a prize for the best first novel of the year
▪ latest, new, recent▪ unfinished, unpublished▪ good, great▪One day I'm going to write the great American novel.
▪ original▪ acclaimed▪his critically acclaimed novel
▪ famous▪ classic▪ literary▪ best-selling, popular▪ dime (AmE, old-fashioned), pulp, trashy▪ contemporary, modern▪ 19th-century, Victorian▪ adult, children's▪ autobiographical▪ adventure, comic, epic, epistolary, graphic, historical, romantic, satirical▪Samuel Richardson's novels are all epistolary in form.
▪ fantasy, gothic, horror, sci-fi, science-fiction▪ crime, detective, mystery, spy… OF A NOVEL▪ copy▪I took a copy of a Graham Greene novel on the train with me.
VERB + NOVEL▪ produce, write▪ publish▪ read▪ complete, finish▪She completed her first novel at the age of 53.
▪ inspire▪the events that inspired the novel
▪ translate▪ adapt▪the process of adapting the novel for television
▪ reviewNOVEL + VERB▪ be based on sth▪The novel was based on a true life story.
▪ be set, take place▪The novel was set in a small town in France.
PREPOSITION▪ novel about▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a novel about growing up
adj.VERBS▪ be, sound▪The plan sounded rather novel.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ completely, totally, etc.▪ relatively▪ essentially
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
