Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hand-me-down

1 sense of hand-me-down

Sense 1
hand-me-down -- (outgrown garment passed down from one person to another)
       => garment -- (an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk")

Antonyms of adj hand-me-down

1 sense of hand-me-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-me-down

1 sense of hand-me-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")

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