brand-new

1. 1.

   conspicuously new

   “shiny brand-new shoes”

   “a spick-and-span novelty”

   Synonymsbran-newspic-and-spanspick-and-span

   Similarnew

Questions about brand-new

What does brand-new mean?

brand-new means "conspicuously new".

How many syllables are in brand-new?

brand-new has 2 syllables: brand--new. The stress falls on "brand-". In IPA it is /ˈbɹændˌnu/.

What is another word for brand-new?

Close synonyms include bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span. 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 brand-new a common word?

brand-new is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 brand-new?

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