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

To take the pressure off, Ashleigh, 29, decided to keep the first ceremony relaxed, which led to the dressing gown wedding.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

She is then taken away in her dressing gown.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

There stood Mrs. Weasley, short, plump, and wearing an old green dressing gown.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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