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Synonyms for drapery

Most common

hanging curtain drape clothes cloth tapestry

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Cloth draped gracefully in folds.

Related words

Word family
draperied

Forms

Plural
draperies → curtains, drapes, hangings, mantles…

Example sentences

  • hanging There was a photograph of Tom hanging on the wall.
  • curtain I know you are hiding yourself behind the curtain.
  • drape You can always drape your jacket over your chair if you need a place to put it.
  • clothes Please look at the girl who wore the blue clothes.
  • cloth The waitress spread a white cloth over the table.
  • tapestry Halley's comet is depicted inside the Bayeux Tapestry.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
draperyfalling
hangingrising
curtainrising
draperising
clothesrising
clothsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
pall1
5 letters
cloth1, drape1
6 letters
mantle2
7 letters
clothes1, hanging2, curtain2
8 letters
tapestry3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mantle2 = 2 syllables).