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Clothes

/kləʊ(ð)z/

A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

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📖 Definitions of "Clothes"

noun

1
A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
2
Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
3
A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
4
(metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.

noun

1
Items of clothing; apparel.
2
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
3
Laundry (hung on a clothesline)

🔄 Synonyms of "Clothes"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vesturenoun	A covering of, or like, clothing.
apparelnoun	Clothing.
wearverb	(transitive) To have on:
clothingnoun	Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
wearing apparelnoun	(archaic, except in apparel industries) Goods made of textiles and other materials worn as personal clothing, excluding accessories, home furnishings, and bed clothing.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clothes"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
apparelnoun	Clothing.
vesturenoun	A covering of, or like, clothing.
wearnoun	(in combination) Clothing.
wearing apparelnoun	(archaic, except in apparel industries) Goods made of textiles and other materials worn as personal clothing, excluding accessories, home furnishings, and bed clothing.
garmentnoun	A single item of clothing.
threadsnoun	(slang) Clothes, clothing.
dudsnoun	(US, British, informal, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
attirenoun	(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
outerwearnoun	Clothing (such as a raincoat) worn over one's clothes when outdoors.
t-shirtnoun	(clothing) A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
textilesnoun	The industry involved in the manufacture of cloth.
linensnoun	Household textiles made of linen-like cloth (such as cotton fabric), including tablecloths and bed sheets. The singular, linen, of this sense is rare.
woodworkingnoun	The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood.
washingnoun	(countable) The action of the verb to wash
dressingnoun	The activity of getting dressed.
inflatablenoun	(nautical) A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
fatiguesnoun	(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
plain-clothes	Alternative form of plainclothes (adjective) [(usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.]
plainclothesnoun	Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.
naked	Bare, not covered by clothing.