beforehand

Questions about beforehand

What does beforehand mean?

beforehand means "being ahead of time or need". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beforehand?

beforehand has 3 syllables: befo-re-hand. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /bɪˈfɔɹˌhænd/.

What is another word for beforehand?

Close synonyms include advance, ahead, in advance. 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 beforehand a common word?

beforehand is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with beforehand?

13 words rhyme with beforehand. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.