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attire

  • noun
  • /əˈtaɪɚ/

One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

Example

“He was wearing his formal attire.”

Other meanings

  1. The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.

Synonyms

  • dress

A kind of

  • clothing

Kinds of attire

  • costume
  • disguise
  • evening dress
  • habit
  • false hair
  • morning dress
  • outfit
  • athletic wear

Related words

  • attirement
  • disattire
  • reattire
  • unattire

Word history

From Old French "atirier" (to equip).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “attire” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.