Synonyms for costume
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- costumes → dresses, attires, outfits, getups…
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Costume is chiefly used for that which befits an assumed character; as, a theatrical costume; we sometimes speak of a national costume, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- dress She stood out because she was wearing a red dress.
- outfit I like the way you put your outfit together today.
- attire The neatness of his attire was almost incredible.
- garb Dressed in ceremonial garb, he began the ritual.
- clothes Please look at the girl who wore the blue clothes.
- uniform Do you think it's wise to wear your uniform today?
By length
- 4 letters
- garb1
- 5 letters
- dress1, getup
- 6 letters
- toilet2, outfit2, attire3, livery3
- 7 letters
- clothes1, uniform3, apparel3, raiment, vesture
- 8 letters
- ensemble3
- 10 letters
- habiliment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (toilet2 = 2 syllables).