Synonyms for clothes


Grammar : Noun
Spell : klohz, klohthz
Phonetic Transcription : kloʊz, kloʊðz

Top 10 synonyms for clothes Other synonyms for the word clothes

Définition of clothes

Origin :
  • Old English claðas "cloths, clothes," originally plural of clað "cloth" (see cloth), which, in 19c., after the sense of "article of clothing" had mostly faded from it, acquired a new plural form, cloths, to distinguish it from this word.
  • noun apparel
Example sentences :
  • Say, you come out with me some night jest in your workin' clothes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • All is prepared—the table and the feast— With due appurtenance of clothes and cushions.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "It will take me a week to get your clothes ready," said Mrs. Rushton.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Honestly, I am glad to find you here at your work in your miner's clothes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You know I do not care about money, except just to buy my clothes and things.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Think of living so near a beaver or a water-rat with clothes on!
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • As it will be so privately performed, clothes and equipage may be provided for afterwards.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I did not stop to put on my clothes until I had got two or three miles from the plantation.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • When that was done she made a bundle of her cloak and shawl, and lay down in her clothes.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Their clothes were much patched, but in many places needed it still.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
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