costume
[noun]
Synonyms: outfit, apparel, attire, clothing, dress, ensemble, garb, livery, uniform

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Related Words: fashion, mode, style

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cos‧tume /ˈkɒstjʊm $ ˈkɑːstuːm/ noun
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Italian, 'custom, dress', from Latin consuetudo; ⇒ custom¹]

1. [countable] a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make them look like something such as an animal, famous person etc ⇒ outfit:
the film’s lavish costumes and spectacular sets
Hallowe'en costumes

2. [uncountable and countable] clothes that are typical of a particular place or period of time in the past:
The dancers were in national costume.
performers dressed in period costume (=the clothes of a period of history)

3. [countable] British English a swimming costume

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

costume
noun
ADJ. full For the dress rehearsal, the cast will be in full costume.
colourful, elaborate, lavish | national, traditional | period | eighteenth-century, Victorian, etc. | clown, fairy, etc.
VERB + COSTUME be dressed in, dress in, have on, wear He had a cowboy costume on.
COSTUME + NOUN design | designer | drama The film is a costume drama based on a 19th-century novel.
change The main character had five costume changes.
PREP. in ~ The battle was re-enacted by actors in period costume.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲