Synonyms for tailor
- verb
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
The website was tailored to the client's needs.
- v. 2
To make, repair, or alter clothes.
We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.
- n. 1
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.
Related words
- Word family
- tailor-fashion tailor-made tailor-make tailorwise
- Phrases
- tailor's goose tailor's ham
Example sentences
- sew Tom asked Mary to sew a button back on his jacket.
- orient He was interested in the mysteries of the Orient.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tailor | rising | |
| sew | rising | |
| orient | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1, fit1, sew1
- 5 letters
- shape1, sewer2
- 6 letters
- orient3, sartor2
- 8 letters
- bluefish, seamster2
- 12 letters
- needleworker
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sewer2 = 2 syllables).