Synonyms for modiste
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Seamstress
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
Forms
- Plural
- modistes → milliners, hatters, hatmakers, seamstresses…
Example sentences
- hatter What if I'm my brother's hatter? Yes, I am, but is he my brother?
- seamstress She designs her clothes and then has a seamstress make them.
- dressmaker The dressmaker forgot to sew a pocket on my jeans.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| modiste | rising | |
| hatter | steady | |
| milliner | rising | |
| hatmaker | steady | |
| seamstress | rising | |
| needlewoman | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- hatter2
- 8 letters
- milliner3, hatmaker3
- 10 letters
- seamstress2, dressmaker3, sempstress
- 11 letters
- needlewoman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hatter2 = 2 syllables).