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👜 Fake leather 👢 Made of fake leather
pleather

pleather

1 5.0
Made from man-made material that looks like leather
  • adjective
  • /ˈplɛðər/
  • Informal
translation icon : de cuero sintético
  • The model showcased a new design featuring a pleather handbag.

Examples

  • She wore a stylish pleather jacket to the party.

  • It's like a French Connection pleather faux leather top thing.

  • It's pleather.

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  • I don't know if I can pull them off in the slightest, but they are like pleather trousers.

  • I'm in faux stretch pleather and stretch velvet leopard print.

  • I'm wearing here an edgy pleather cut out dress and spicing it up with a leopard faux fur coat.

  • He decided to buy pleather shoes because they were more affordable than real leather.

Synonyms

leathery
vspleather
12 3.9

Feels tough but flexible like animal skin

is produced from synthetic material not merely a texture description
leathered
vspleather
1 5.7

Having a smooth, tough surface like the skin used for bags or jackets

is actual synthetic material covering rather than only surface quality
Naugahyde
vspleather
8.1

Covered with a leather-like material used on furniture and jackets

is any synthetic material used to imitate animal skin rather than a single brand
leatherlike
vspleather
5.1

Having a tough, smooth, flexible feel like animal skin used for bags and jackets

is made from synthetic material rather than only resembling animal skin

Antonyms

leather
509 1.0

The skin of an animal made smooth and used to make items like shoes and bags

How Realistic

pleather
  • Informal
1 5.0
vinyl
65 3.9

Surface Forms

pleather positive

Etymology

Pleather comes from combining plastic and leather, so it means 'plastic leather' and is used to describe something covered in fake leather. So, when you see a 'pleather' jacket or sofa, it means it looks like leather but is made from plastic.