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hand-me-down
adjective as in previously owned
adjective as in secondhand
adjective as in used
Weak matches
adjective as in hand-me-down
noun as in clothing
Strong matches
- accouterment
- apparel
- array
- caparison
- civvies
- clothes
- costume
- covering
- drag
- drapery
- dress
- duds
- ensemble
- equipment
- feathers
- finery
- frippery
- frock
- garb
- garments
- gear
- habiliment
- habit
- hand-me-downs
- livery
- mufti
- outfit
- overclothes
- panoply
- rags
- raiment
- regalia
- rigging
- sack
- sportswear
- tatters
- things
- threads
- tog
- trappings
- trousseau
- underclothes
- vestment
- vesture
- vines
- wardrobe
- wear
noun as in handsel
noun as in clothes/clothing
Weak matches
- accouterment
- apparel
- array
- caparison
- civvies
- costume
- covering
- drag
- drapery
- dress
- duds
- ensemble
- equipment
- finery
- frippery
- frock
- full feather
- garb
- garments
- gear
- getup
- habiliment
- habit
- hand-me-downs
- livery
- mufti
- outfit
- overclothes
- panoply
- rags
- raiment
- regalia
- rigging
- sack
- sportswear
- Sunday best
- tailleur
- tatters
- things
- threads
- toggery
- togs
- tout ensemble
- trappings
- trousseau
- underclothes
- vestment
- vesture
- vines
- wardrobe
- wear
- weeds
- zoot suit
noun as in gift
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
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Example Sentences
The heaps of gifted and hand-me-down pink frilly clothes and accessories grew far faster than we were able to sort and store them.
You might not have been so cheap this year and accepted a hand-me-down (I mean ALL they want is the candy anyhow).
So back to the issue at hand—is there a reason not to wear hand-me-down costumes or to tell the kids not to share?
These hand-me-down religions seldom fit, and professional theology, it seems to me, is mostly a dealing in ol' clo'.
For decades, collar-buttons have been on the hand-me-down shelves of humor; it is a mistake in the catalogue.
Because the hand-me-down knowledge is no longer backed by the mental capacity of a Challon.
You mean that clodhopper with the tight-fitting hand-me-down in the seat behind usyesterday?
Glass was a mild, colourless, middle-aged man, attired in worn hand-me-down garments.
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hand-me-down, such as: not new, passed down, previously owned, reach-me-down, secondhand, and second-hand.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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