firsthand

Questions about firsthand

What does firsthand mean?

firsthand means "received directly from a source". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in firsthand?

firsthand has 2 syllables: firs-thand. The stress falls on "thand". In IPA it is /fɚstˈhænd/.

What is another word for firsthand?

Close synonyms include at first hand. 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 firsthand a common word?

firsthand 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 firsthand?

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