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brand-new

brand-new is the alternative form of brand new.

Meaning of brand new

Adjective

brand new (not comparable)

  1. Utterly new, as new as possible.
    • New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe1570, John Foxe (source OED)
    Synonyms:
    new, all-new, brand spanking new, cherry, fresh, freshly made, green, hot, mint, nascent
  2. (slang) Acting in a way unusual for oneself.
    • Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.

Forms of brand-new

comparativemore brand-new
superlativemost brand-new

Words formed from brand-new

Questions about brand-new

What is brand-new the alternative form of?
Brand-new is the alternative form of brand new.

Words near brand-new in the dictionary

  1. brand X
  2. brand-iron
  3. brand-irons
  4. brand-name
  5. brand-names
  6. brand-new
  7. brand-newness
  8. brandable
  9. brandade
  10. brandades
  11. brandalism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brand-new (page history and authors); brand new (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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