Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun neologism

2 senses of neologism

Sense 1
neologism, neology, coinage -- (a newly invented word or phrase)
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")

Sense 2
neologism, neology, coinage -- (the act of inventing a word or phrase)
       => invention -- (the act of inventing)