wear

Examples

• All

• They're a young team, specializing in expensive, high fashion, romantic clothes, particularly evening wear and dreamy wedding dresses, but they've never made a Royal wedding dress before.

  Diana: Life in Fashion (2022)

• Even in formal wear, the wedding could be uniquely designed to suit the couple's tastes.

  Academic text (2013)

• So we're going to to use evening wear, which has just launched.

• I had seen it in the best ladies' wear store in Gold Lake.

  Fiction book (1995)

• It's their traditional head wear.

  Stolen Summer (2002)

• I got my formal wear.

  Country Strong (2010)

• -Assorted day wear and shoes?

  Jungle Cruise (2021)

• Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.

  Trainspotting (1996)

• Now, the idea is to show different eras of swim wear fashion, but all ideas are welcome.

  Rip Tide (2017)

• Later she walked toward the men's wear area while I went to the book section.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

C

clothes

vswear

∞ 1.0

Things you wear to cover your body, like shirts and coats

limits this to items used for particular purposes or situations

C

clothing

vswear

530 1.0

Things you wear to cover your body

is specific to garments used for a particular purpose or situation

O

outfit

vswear

453 1.1

A set of clothes and accessories worn for a particular occasion

focuses on clothing or accessories for a purpose rather than a matched set

D

dress

vswear

333 1.0

Clothes of a particular style or for a special occasion

emphasizes purpose and situation rather than specific style or fashion

A

apparel

vswear

• Formal

57 3.8

Clothing for a particular purpose or event

focuses on clothing for a purpose rather than commercial or market use

A

attire

vswear

• Formal

51 4.3

Clothes for special or formal occasions, like a suit

is neutral about formality and highlights purpose or situation of clothing

T

threads

vswear

• Slang

1 8.3

Clothes you wear that look smart or stylish

is neutral and used for clothing in particular purposes rather than casual slang

H

habiliment

vswear

• Archaic

1 9.9

Special clothes worn for a certain role or ceremony

is general about clothing for a purpose rather than one old-fashioned article

W

wearing apparel

vswear

1 2.8

Clothes people put on to cover their body

focuses on garments used for a specific purpose rather than any clothing

V

vesture

vswear

• Literature

1 9.9

Clothes worn for ceremony or special events

is neutral and used in everyday contexts for purpose or situation

Idioms

W

worse for wear

8 6.8

Looking or feeling tired and in poor condition after use

W

to wear out your welcome

• Informal

3 7.0

To stay too long as a guest so the host wants you to leave

W

to wear out one's welcome

• Informal

1 7.0

Stay too long and make people feel annoyed

W

to wear the trousers

• UK

1 7.9

To be the person who has the most control in a couple or family

W

to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

• Informal

1 7.0

To show your feelings openly so other people can see them

W

to wear too many hats

• Informal

1 6.3

To have more jobs and duties than you can handle

I

if the shoe fits, wear it

• Informal

8.7

Accept a criticism if it applies to you

Compounds

W

wear and tear

17 3.0

Slow damage that happens to things like cars or furniture from normal use over time

R

ready-to-wear

3 3.5

Clothes made in standard sizes that are sold in stores

A

athletic wear

1 2.7

Clothes people wear for sports or exercise and often for comfort

L

leisure wear

3.2

Comfortable casual clothes worn when relaxing or during free time

H

hand wear

2.7

Items like gloves or mittens you put on your hands for warmth, protection, and style

R

ready-to-wear

3.9

Made in standard sizes and sold in stores instead of being made for one person

W

wash-and-wear

3.9

Cloth that does not need ironing after it is washed

W

wash-and-wear

3.5

A fabric you can wash and wear without ironing

How Formal

formal

1 3.5

wear

60 1.0

work clothes

11 1.6

casual

81 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology