2ndhand
2ndhand is the alternative spelling of secondhand.
Meaning of secondhand
Adjective
secondhand (not comparable)
- Not new; previously owned and used by another.
- Synonyms:
- used, preloved, pre-owned, hand-me-down
- Dealing in such merchandise.
- Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
- In the light of recent history it is somewhat curious that this decisive power of the professional secondhand dealers in ideas should not yet be more generally recognized.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 417
- Inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
- exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues
Words that rhyme with 2ndhand
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- outstand
- overhand
- bestand
- gland
- secondhand
- unscanned
- disband
- grand
- offhand
- unmanned
- unplanned
- aband
- aland
- fanned
- firsthand
- lotus land
- lotusland
- misbrand
- planned
- redemand
- reland
- repand
- scanned
- shand
- tanned
- thirdhand
- withstand
- astrand
- at second hand
- banned
- counterdemand
- desand
- fand
- grande
- haircut band
- hand
- interstrand
- manned
- misunderstand
- multiplicand
- nonbrand
- operand
- overmanned
- overplanned
- panned
- preplanned
- rebrand
- replanned
Questions about 2ndhand
- What is 2ndhand the alternative spelling of?
- 2ndhand is the alternative spelling of secondhand.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: 2ndhand (page history and authors); secondhand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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