handed down

The phrase “handed down” has 3 syllables: hand-ed down

It's pronounced as /ˈhændɪd daʊn/

What is synonym and antonym for handed down?

In the thesaurus, “handed down” has 144 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for handed down along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for handed down

accepted
accrued
advised
alienated
aliened
allegorical
ancestral
apocryphal
apprised
argued
assigned
bequeath
bequeathed
bestowed
billboarded
billed
blurbed
bulletined
ceded
commended
committed
communicated
conferred
confirmed
congenital
connate
consigned
contributed
conventional
conveyed
created
customary
deeded
defended
delivered
disclosed
disseminated
divulged
donated
doubtful
dubious
endowed
entrusted
fabled
fabricated
fabulous
family
fanciful
featured
figmental
gazetted
genealogical
genetic
given
granted
hand-me-down
handed over
heritable
imaginary
imaginative
imparted
improbable
in the blood
in the genes
inborn
inbred
informed
inheritable
inherited
innate
intimated
introduced
intrusted
invented
justified
kithed
knelled
kythed
leased
left
lent
let
lineal
loaned
long-standing
made over
manifested
maternal
moved
mythical
mythological
not new
notified
old
pass on
passed
passed down
passed on
paternal
patrimonial
persevered
pitched
plugged
pre-owned
presented
previously owned
promoted
puffed
rang
rationalized
reasoned
related
released
relinquished
rented
reported
respected
revealed
romantic
rooted
showed
spread
storied
supported
surrendered
told
tolled
traditional
transferred
transmissible
transmitted
trusted
turned in
turned over
unhistoric
unhistorical
unnew
unreal
unverifiable
upheld
vested
vindicated
willed
yielded

Antonyms for handed down

abandoned
acquired
challenged
concealed
confuted
contradicted
countered
de-emphasized
denied
deprived
disavowed
disclaimed
disowned
disproved
disputed
disregarded
downplayed
expropriated
factual
forfeited
gainsaid
ignored
infamous
irregular
lost
minimized
negated
negatived
neglected
new
overlooked
played down
questioned
real
rebutted
recalled
recanted
refuted
rejected
repudiated
retracted
revoked
silenced
soft-pedaled
suppressed
true
unconventional
underplayed
understated
unimportant
unusual
withheld

Example Sentences

The family heirloom was handed down through generations, from grandparents to parents to children.
The judge handed down a sentence after the trial concluded.
She handed down her old books to her younger cousin, who was eager to read them.
The traditional recipes were handed down from her grandmother, preserving the family’s culinary heritage.
After the team meeting, the new procedures were handed down to all department members.

On this page you'll find 196 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handed down, such as: abandoned, accepted, accrued, acquired, advised, alienated, aliened.

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