🧵 Custom-made 👔 Neat and fitted

tailored

1 3.7

Made to fit one person's body exactly

adjective
/ˈteɪlɚd/

: a medida

This fits me like it's been tailored to my body.
tailored suit
tailored jacket

It's a structured finance technique where banks create tailored investments for customers like hedge funds.

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Examples

He wore a tailored suit that highlighted his best features.
Again, these look really tailored and they're just these trousers that are really plain.
It's a really nice tailored cotton material.
Her coats at this point are almost always tailored and cut quite straight.
And I was wearing tailored clothes with boots.
I like things to be feminine and tailored and classic.
I will need custom pants tailored for my very long legs.
We're focusing on tailored jackets today.
Get rid of those long board shorts and trade them in for nice tailored swim trunks.
So it just feels ultra luxurious and it just has such a beautiful kind of like tailored, flattering fit.

Synonyms

custom

vstailored

138 4.4

Made or done to fit one person's needs

is narrower, referring to clothing made to exact body dimensions

custom-made

vstailored

14 3.8

Made for one person to match their needs

emphasizes precise body measurements rather than general preferences

individualized

vstailored

14 4.1

Made for one person's needs or likes

is more about exact measurement fitting for garments rather than general adaptation

tailor-made

vstailored

7 4.0

Made to fit a person's size or needs

is the same meaning for clothing made to exact body measurements

bespoke

vstailored

7 6.9

Made for one person to fit their exact measurements

is the same concept applied specifically to individual clothing orders

made-to-order

vstailored

4 3.8

Created for a customer to match their requests

is similar but focused on exact physical measurements for clothing

personalized

vstailored

1 4.1

Made for one person to fit their needs

focuses more on individual style than on precise body fitting

bespoken

vstailored

Archaic

9.4

Clothing made to order for one person

is equivalent but used for one-off clothing made for a customer

fitted

vstailored

2.0

Made to match the shape and size of something

is broader, meaning full custom creation rather than just close shaping

purpose-made

vstailored

4.8

Made for a special use or job

is different by focusing on purpose rather than one person's measurements

Antonyms

loose

155 1.0

Not tight so it can move or fall off

ill-fitting

7 4.1

Not the right size or shape for the person using it

How Tailored

bespoke

7 6.9

tailored

1 3.7

fitted

2.0

altered

3.6

off-the-rack

7 4.4

ill-fitting

7 4.1

Surface Forms

tailored positive

Morphology

tailored = tailor (transparent) = tailor + ed

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'tailor' with '-ed' indicating 'made to fit' or the past-participle adjective.

Etymology

Tailored comes from the job name tailor, from an old French word tailler meaning 'to cut'. So tailored means clothing 'cut' to fit your body exactly, and made to your measurements.