new wave

Questions about new wave

What does new wave mean?

new wave means "an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for new wave?

Close synonyms include Nouvelle Vague, avant-garde, vanguard, van. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new wave a common word?

new wave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.