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costume

/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/noun, verb2 syllables

Costume means: dress in a costume.

Synonyms for costume18

verb, as in dress in a costume

dress up, overdress, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out

also used for costume

getup, outfit

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What does costume mean?6

verb

1

dress in a costume“We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins”

2

furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

noun

1

the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball“he won the prize for best costume”

2

unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place“in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume”

3

the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

4

the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class“he wore his national costume”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with costume?18

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Costume in a sentence

  • No furry, but she looks cute in that fox costume.rul
  • I wore a vampire costume, and had fake fangs.AlanF_US
  • The costumes were red, pink, blue, and so forth.unknown
  • In former times one wore the national costume every day.Dejo
  • She is going to have another blouse made to go with her costume.unknown
  • Sami was the only one who could fit into the costume.OsoHombre
  • Chasubles are the costume of the fools at the heavenly court.carlosalberto
  • I thought it was a costume and not a real nun's habit!Eccles17

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Forms of costume

as a noun

plural
costumes

as a verb

past tense
costumed
present participle
costuming
third-person singular
costumes
past participle
costumed