“costume”

Definitions

• noun

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

  Synonyms: accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizenment, blackface, buskin, caparison, clothes, clothing, disguise, drapery

  • Example:“He won the prize for best costume.”

• noun

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

  • Example:“In spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume.”

• noun

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

• noun

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

  • Example:“He wore his national costume.”

• verb

  dress in a costume

  Synonyms: dress up

  • Example:“We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins.”

• verb

  furnish with costumes; as for a film or play