Synonyms

dressing gown

American

noun

a tailored robe worn for lounging or for grooming, applying makeup, etc.

dressing gown British

noun

a full robe worn before dressing or for lounging

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

dressing gowns

plural

Etymology

Origin of dressing gown

First recorded in 1770–80

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dressing gown

This full-body scan is happening at a sci-fi-style clinic in Manchester city centre, with me wearing a dressing gown and hexagon-shaped rubber slippers.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

A bride wed in a dressing gown, slippers and hair rollers so her new husband could see how married life was going to be.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

He memorably appeared on the front of the French edition of GQ magazine in a canary-yellow dressing gown and has been on the front row of designer runways at Paris Fashion Week.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

She is then taken away in her dressing gown.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

MAJA! but no answer, and Tío Pepe was trying to drag her back inside, while also hurrying into his dressing gown as there was now loud knocking downstairs at the front door.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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