costume

Meaning of costume

noun
  1. a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period.
    authentic Elizabethan costumes
    dancers in national costume
verb
  1. dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes.
    the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses

early 18th century: from French, from Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, habit’, from Latin consuetudo (see custom).

Information about costume

Hyphenation of costume

cos-tume

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • costume is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

costume synonyms

Meaning a set of clothes worn together, especially for a particular occasion or purpose:

outfit

Meaning a set of clothes chosen to harmonize when worn together:

ensemble

Meaning a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt:

suit

Meaning clothing of a specified kind for men or women:

dress

Meaning clothes collectively:

clothing

Meaning clothes, especially fine or formal ones:

attire

Meaning clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind:

garb

Meaning the distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools:

uniform

Meaning a special uniform worn by a servant, an official, or a member of a City Company:

livery

Meaning an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing:

array

Meaning the emblems or insignia of royalty, especially the crown, sceptre, and other ornaments used at a coronation:

regalia

Meaning items worn to cover the body:

clothes

Meaning an item of clothing:

garments

Meaning a robe worn, especially on formal or ceremonial occasions, as an indication of the wearer's rank, office, or profession:

robes

Meaning clothing, especially of a specified kind:

gear

Meaning clothes:

togs, habit

Meaning a thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless:

duds

Meaning hit (someone) hard:

clobber

Meaning the clothing used for an activity such as a sport:

kit

Meaning the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing:

strip

Meaning a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving:

threads

Meaning clothing:

apparel, raiment, habiliments

Meaning a chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services:

vestments

Meaning clothing; dress:

vesture

Translation of costume

Words that rhyme with costume

tume, bitume, apostume, impostume, recostume

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