has-been

1. 1.

   someone who is no longer popular

   Synonymsback-number

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Questions about has-been

What does has-been mean?

has-been means "someone who is no longer popular".

How many syllables are in has-been?

has-been has 2 syllables: has--been. The stress falls on "has-". In IPA it is /ˈhæzˌbɪn/.

What is another word for has-been?

Close synonyms include back-number. 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 has-been a common word?

has-been 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.