Synonyms for costume
ˈkɒs tum, -tyum; kɒˈstum, -ˈstyumcos·tume

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1. costumenoun

   Synonyms:
   outfit

2. costumenoun

   To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

   The dancer was wearing Highland costume.

   Synonyms:
   outfit

3. costumenoun

   An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

   We wore gorilla costumes to the party.

   Synonyms:
   outfit

4. costumenoun

   A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

   The bride wore a grey going-away costume.

   Synonyms:
   outfit

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1. costume

   Clothing denotes the entire covering of the body, taken as a whole; clothes and garments view it as composed of separate parts. Clothes, clothing, and garments may be used of inner or outer covering; all the other words in the list (with possible rare exceptions in the case of raiment) refer to the outer garments. Array, raiment, and vesture are archaic or poetic; so, too, is habit, except in technical use to denote a lady's riding-dress. The word vestments is now rare, except in ecclesiastical use. Apparel and attire are most frequently used of somewhat complete and elegant outer clothing, tho Shakespeare speaks of "poor and mean attire." Dress may be used, specifically, for a woman's gown, and in that sense may be either rich or shabby; but in the general sense it denotes outer clothing which is meant to be elegant, complete, and appropriate to some social or public occasion; as, full dress, court dress, evening dress, etc. Dress has now largely displaced apparel and attire. Garb denotes the clothing characteristic of some class, profession, or the like; as, the garb of a priest. Costume is chiefly used for that which befits an assumed character; as, a theatrical costume; we sometimes speak of a national costume, etc.

   Synonyms:
   apparel, array, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garb, garments, habiliments, habit, raiment, robes, uniform, vestments, vesture

   Antonyms:
   bareness, disarray, dishabille, exposure, nakedness, nudity, undress

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1. costume

   Synonyms:
   uniform, livery, robes

   Antonyms:
   disguise, transformation, incognito

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1. costumenoun

   the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball

   "he won the prize for best costume"

2. costumenoun

   unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place

   "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"

3. costumenoun

   the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

4. costumeverb

   the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class

   "he wore his national costume"

5. costume, dress upverb

   dress in a costume

   "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

   Synonyms:
   tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, dress up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick up

6. costumeverb

   furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

   Synonyms:
   dress up

Matched Categories

1. • Attire
   • Performing Arts
   • Supply

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1. costumenoun

   Synonyms:
   style of dress

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1. List of paraphrases for "costume":

   suit, costumes, outfit, disguise, getup, tux, dress, wardrobe, tuxedo, usual, get-up, fancy, outfits, clothing

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1. Jennifer Lopez:

   Like my heart is beating out of my chest, and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas was with me in my trailer. And then we walked to the set together when I was ready. And so for that scene it was, it was middle afternoon and I put on that costume, i'm walking in and I see all the people and as and I see all the cameras set up and all the guys talking and everything and I'm like,' my heart, my chest.'.

2. Jorge Gutierrez:

   Ive been thinking about it for quite a while. Natalie spends a lot of her time and is very involved with her cheerleaders. I knew asking her in front of them, with her family there as well, would mean the most to her, all I knew was that I wanted to be in the mascot costume, Larson and the cheerleaders really helped with putting the rest together. It was perfect.

3. Ogden Nash:

   They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.

4. Mark Pollock:

   Whenever I put my Superman costume on as a kid, I didn't have X-ray vision. I had desperately short sight and had to wear big. thick glasses to see, i couldn't leave (glasses) in the phone box like Clark Kent could. That short sight lead me to have a detached retina.

5. Diane Murray of Wood-Ridge:

   I was thinking how embarrassed I would be to have her walk around in that costume, and she was embarrassed as well, dressing up as a sexpot is not part of my vision for a happy, healthy childhood. Outfits like that not only suggest a style of dress that is inappropriate but also emphasize the notion of dressing to titillate men, rather than dressing in clothes that make you feel good about yourself.