secondhand

Questions about secondhand

What does secondhand mean?

secondhand means "derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in secondhand?

secondhand has 3 syllables: sec-ond-hand. The stress falls on "sec". In IPA it is /ˈsɛkəndˌhænd/.

What is another word for secondhand?

Close synonyms include used. 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 secondhand a common word?

secondhand 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.

What rhymes with secondhand?

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