clothes

[ klohz, klohthz ]
See synonyms for clothes on Thesaurus.com
plural noun
  1. garments for the body; articles of dress; wearing apparel.

Compare Meanings

Click for a side-by-side comparison of meanings. Use the word comparison feature to learn the differences between similar and commonly confused words.

Origin of clothes

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth

Other words for clothes

Words that may be confused with clothes

Words Nearby clothes

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use clothes in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for clothes

clothes

/ (kləʊðz) /


pl n
    • articles of dress

    • (as modifier): clothes brush Related adjective: vestiary

  1. mainly British short for bedclothes

Origin of clothes

1
Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012