Antonyms for secondhand
ˈsɛk əndˈhændsec·ond·hand

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1. secondhandadjective

   derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand

   "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand"

   Antonyms:
   primary, new

   Synonyms:
   used

2. secondhand, usedadverb

   previously used or owned by another

   "bought a secondhand (or used) car"

   Antonyms:
   primary, new

   Synonyms:
   used, victimized, put-upon, victimised, ill-used, exploited

3. secondhandadverb

   by indirect means

   "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"

   Antonyms:
   new, primary

How to use secondhand in a sentence?

1. Mary Rouvelas:

   We are at a point where 480,000 people a year die from tobacco use, we want to make sure that the public knows about the harms of smoking. We want to make sure that it knows about the fact that the industry intentionally manipulated nicotine, there are dangers of secondhand smoke. All those things that are in those statements are things that we think are very important to be out in the public domain.

2. Tiger Woods:

   I've come to the understanding that I live it, i know exactly what I'm doing out here and I've hit the shots, and I don't really need someone else's secondhand opinion of what I was thinking of. I know exactly what I was doing out there.

3. Ashlee Piper:

   Gifting at its core should be about thoughtfulness, and arguably more thought is put into finding a meaningful, interesting secondhand gift for someone than just hitting the ‘buy’ button on something everyone is getting from Amazon.

4. Mark Twain:

   Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

5. President Trump:

   I know nothing about House Intelligence. First time I heard it, in any event, it's more secondhand information. I don't recall it, not at all, not even a little bit.

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