clothes
plural noun
ˈklōz 
also
ˈklōt͟hz often attributive
1
: clothing
I need new clothes for the winter.
2
: bedclothes
I have been awake ever since 5 and sooner, I fancy I had too much clothes over my stomach
Jane Austen
Jane Austen3
: all the cloth articles of personal and household use that can be washed
I always wash clothes on Mondays.
Synonyms
- apparel
- attire
- clobber [British slang]
- clothing
- costumery
- dress
- duds
- garments
- gear
- habiliment(s)
- habit [archaic]
- rags
- raiment
- rig
- rigging
- threads
- toggery
- togs
- vestiary
- vestments
- vesture
- wear
- wearables
- weeds
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The clothes are free, effortless, and there’s probably a nipple insouciantly showing here and there. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022 For Çedouze founder Guillermo Juarez, wearing and designing clothes has been about finding a sense of wholeness. Fabian Guerrero, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The clothes are vulnerable and tender, and emphasize techniques that require a hand to craft them. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022 This is reflected in her choice to blend the time periods in the series: the clothes are reminiscent of the 80s or 90s, even if the protagonists have cell phones and are alive today. Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 Still, Mansel says, the queen’s clothes weren’t typically controversial. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Yet her former teacher, Mrs. Julia Householder, doesn’t think her clothes were unusually tight and can’t believe Dolly told dirty jokes. Nancy Anderson, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2022 At a luxury price point—pieces start at $795 and go up to $2995—Harbison knows that his clothes are an investment. Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 His clothes were wet and his pants were covered with mud and grass, according to the affidavit. The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022 For Çedouze founder Guillermo Juarez, wearing and designing clothes has been about finding a sense of wholeness. Fabian Guerrero, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The clothes are vulnerable and tender, and emphasize techniques that require a hand to craft them. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022 This is reflected in her choice to blend the time periods in the series: the clothes are reminiscent of the 80s or 90s, even if the protagonists have cell phones and are alive today. Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 Still, Mansel says, the queen’s clothes weren’t typically controversial. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Yet her former teacher, Mrs. Julia Householder, doesn’t think her clothes were unusually tight and can’t believe Dolly told dirty jokes. Nancy Anderson, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2022 At a luxury price point—pieces start at $795 and go up to $2995—Harbison knows that his clothes are an investment. Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 His clothes were wet and his pants were covered with mud and grass, according to the affidavit. The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English clāthas, plural of clāth — see cloth
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing clothes
Kids Definition
clothes
noun plural
ˈklōz
ˈklōt͟hz
: clothing
clothes 1 of 2
plural noun
as in clothing
covering for the human body put on your warmest clothes—it's freezing outside Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clothing
- attire
- garments
- dress
- apparel
- wear
- rags
- costume
- vestments
- gear
- garb
- raiment
- vesture
- toggery
- togs
- threads
- weeds
- livery
- duds
- wardrobe
- rigging
- wearables
- costumery
- outfit
- habit
- clobber
- rig
- underwear
- vestiary
- habiliment(s)
- finery
- couture
- guise
- ensemble
- regalia
- tailoring
- underclothes
- trim
- pretties
- sportswear
- frock
- garderobe
- outerwear
- tatters
- tawdry
- trumpery
- glad rags
- bravery
- civvies
- sleepwear
- nightclothes
- caparison
- getup
- activewear
- frippery
- gaiety
- menswear
- loungewear
- array
- mufti
- smallclothes
- gayety
- playwear
- civies
- haberdashery
- gaudery
- ready-to-wear
- prêt-à-porter
- foofaraw
- pret-a-porter
clothes
2 of 2verb
1
as in dresses
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people Synonyms & Similar Words
- dresses
- garments
- costumes
- robes
- attires
- gowns
- habits
- apparels
- toilets
- garbs
- suits
- drapes
- vestures
- wraps
- caparisons
- arrays
- jackets
- outfits
- frocks
- bedecks
- uniforms
- cloaks
- gets up
- enrobes
- dresses up
- mantles
- togs (up or out)
- rigs (out)
- decks (out)
- vests
- does up
- tailors
- swaddles
- invests
- furnishes
- swathes
- huddles
- enswathes
- equips
- haps
- dresses down
- accouters
- bedights
- habilitates
- accoutres
- underdresses
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strips
- undresses
- disrobes
- unclothes
- disarrays
- untrusses
- denudes
- uncovers
- divests
- unveils
- undrapes
2
as in words
to convey in appropriate or telling terms regulations clothed in obscure terminology Synonyms & Similar Words
- words
- phrases
- couches
- says
- expresses
- states
- crafts
- puts
- articulates
- formulates
- intimates
- describes
- hints
- translates
- implies
- frames
- paraphrases
- summarizes
- speaks
- discloses
- suggests
- tells
- rewords
- utters
- verbalizes
- restates
- communicates
- rephrases
- renders
- insinuates
- talks
- vocalizes
- writes up