brand new

/ˈbɹænd ˌn(j)uː//ˈbɹæn.n(j)uː/

adjective

Utterly new, as new as possible.

“Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.”

Similar
newall-newbrand spanking newcherryfreshfreshly madegreenhot
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivebrand new (not comparable)

alternative brand-new · alternative archaic obsolete bran new · alternative archaic obsolete bran-new · alternative archaic obsolete brent new · alternative archaic obsolete brank new

  1. not comparableUtterly new, as new as possible.

    two pair of bran-new plumpers

    1807, Alexander Chalmers, The British Essayists
    5 more examples

    New bodies, new minds ... and all thinges new, brande-newe

    1570, John Foxe (source OED)

    It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.

    1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1

    He ain't no drag / Papa's got a brand new bag

    1965, James Brown, “Papa's Got A Brand New Bag”

    I know it's hard to see / All of the brand new possibilities / But if you're here with me / Then we can live, love and / Always be free, can't you see

    1977, Brainstorm, “Wake Up and Be Somebody”, in Stormin'

    Dream on white boy / Dream on black girl / And wake up to a brand new day / To find your dreams have washed away

    1983, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, “Original Sin”, performed by INXS

    Synonyms: new, all-new, brand spanking new, cherry, fresh, freshly made, green, hot

  2. not comparableslangActing in a way unusual for oneself.

    Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUtterly new, as new as possible.

Similar
newall-newbrand spanking newcherryfreshfreshly madegreenhotmintnascentnewishnew-laidnovelpristinered-hotunusedverdurousvirginvirginal
Also see
all-newgreennewnovelsplinter-newvirgin

Origin

From brand (“firebrand”) + new, implying something that is newly forged (first citation 1570; compare fire-new (“fresh from the fire, brand-new”)). Alternatively, and less likely from brand as in a branding iron (i.e. newly-branded). The first element of the variant bran new, with the post nasal stop deletion common to English (compare the common pronunciation (outside Britain) of hunting as hunning [hʌnɪŋ]), is claimed to be from bran as if from cases where new items were supposedly “packaged up with unwanted grain (bran) in the 18th century to protect the objects during transit” (source unknown). Both variants are well attested.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans splinternuut, blinknuut
  • splinternuututterly new
  • blinknuututterly new
Catalan nou de trinca, flamant
  • nou de trincautterly new
  • flamantutterly new
Chinese Cantonese 全新, 新簇簇
  • 全新 (cyun⁴ san¹)utterly new
  • 新簇簇 (san¹ cuk¹ cuk¹)utterly new
Chinese Mandarin 全新, 嶄新 /崭新
  • 全新 (quánxīn)utterly new
  • 嶄新 /崭新 (zhǎnxīn)utterly new
  • 簇新 (cùxīn)utterly new
Czech zbrusu nový
  • zbrusu novýutterly new
Danish splinterny
  • splinternyutterly new
Dutch gloednieuw, splinternieuw
  • gloednieuwutterly new
  • splinternieuwutterly new
  • spiksplinternieuwutterly new
Esperanto freŝbakita
  • freŝbakitautterly new
Finnish tuliterä, upouusi
  • tuliteräutterly new
  • upouusiutterly new
French flambant neuf
  • flambant neufutterly new
German funkelnagelneu, nagelneu
  • funkelnagelneuutterly new
  • nagelneuutterly new
  • brandneuutterly new
  • ganz neuutterly new
  • fabrikneuutterly new
  • nigelnagelneuutterly new
Greek ολοκαίνουριος
  • ολοκαίνουριος (olokaínourios)utterly new
Hungarian vadonatúj, vadiúj
  • vadonatújutterly new
  • vadiújutterly new
Irish úr nua, amach ón deil
  • úr nuautterly new
  • amach ón deilutterly new
  • amach ón tsnáthaidutterly new
  • as an bhfilleadhutterly new
Italian nuovo di zecca
  • nuovo di zeccautterly new
Japanese 真新しい
  • 真新しい (maatarashii)utterly new
Korean 완전 새
  • 완전 새 (wanjeon sae)utterly new
Latin recentissimus
  • recentissimusutterly new
Norwegian splitter ny
  • splitter nyutterly new
Polish prosto spod igły
  • prosto spod igłyutterly new
Portuguese novo em folha, zero bala
  • novo em folhautterly new
  • zero balautterly new
Punjabi ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨਵਾਂ
  • ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨਵਾਂ (bilkul navā̃)utterly new
Romanian nou-nouț
  • nou-nouțutterly new
Russian с иго́лочки, но́венький
  • с иго́лочки (s igóločki)utterly new
  • но́венький (nóvenʹkij)utterly new
  • соверше́нно но́вый (soveršénno nóvyj)utterly new
Scottish Gaelic ùr-nodha
  • ùr-nodhautterly new
Spanish recién estrenado, sin estrenar
  • recién estrenadoutterly new
  • sin estrenarutterly new
  • flamanteutterly new
  • nuevecitoutterly new
  • nuevo de paqueteutterly new
  • nuevo de fábricautterly new
  • calientitoutterly new
  • calentitoutterly new
Swedish splitterny
  • splitternyutterly new
Tamil புத்தம்புது, புத்தம்புதிய
  • புத்தம்புது (puttamputu)utterly new
  • புத்தம்புதிய (puttamputiya)utterly new
Thai ใหม่แกะกล่อง
  • ใหม่แกะกล่องutterly new
Turkish yepyeni, yepisyeni
  • yepyeniutterly new
  • yepisyeniutterly new
Vietnamese mới tinh, mới cóng
  • mới tinhutterly new
  • mới cóngutterly new
Welsh newydd sbon
  • newydd sbonutterly new
Cite this entry
APA

brand new. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brand%20new

MLA

“brand new.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brand%20new. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brand new,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brand%20new.

Source: brand new on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.