Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hand_down

1 sense of hand down

Sense 1
hand down -- (passed on, as by inheritance; "This ring was handed down through many generations")
       => pass on -- (give to or transfer possession of; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law")

Antonyms of adj hand_down

1 sense of hand-down

Sense 1
hand-me-down, hand-down -- (passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes")

INDIRECT (VIA old) -> new -- (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")

Similarity of adj hand_down

1 sense of hand-down

Sense 1
hand-me-down, hand-down -- (passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes")
       => old (vs. new) -- (of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money")