'Costume' definitions:
Definition of 'costume'
From: WordNet
noun
The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
noun
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"
noun
The prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
noun
The attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"
verb
Dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" [syn: costume, dress up]
verb
Furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
Definition of 'Costume'
From: GCIDE
- Costume \Cos"tume`\ (k?s"t?m` or k?s-t?m"), n. [F. costume, It. costume custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen (not found), for consuetudo custom. See Custom, and cf. Consuetude.]
- 1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described. [1913 Webster]
- I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume, too, is admirable. --Sir J. Mackintosh. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'costume'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouter,
- apparel,
- array,
- attire,
- ballet skirt,
- bedizenment,
- bib and tucker,
- blackface,
- buskin,
- cap and bells,
- caparison,
- clothes,
- clothing,
- clown white,
- disguise,
- drapery,
- dress,
- dressing,
- duds,
- equip,
- fashion,
- fatigues,
- feathers,
- fig,
- fit,
- fit out,
- frock,
- garb,
- garments,
- gear,
- getup,
- greasepaint,
- guise,
- habiliment,
- habit,
- investiture,
- investment,
- kit,
- linen,
- livery,
- makeup,
- masquerade,
- motley,
- outfit,
- practical piece,
- prop,
- property,
- rags,
- raiment,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- robes,
- sock,
- sportswear,
- style,
- suit,
- theatrical makeup,
- threads,
- tights,
- togs,
- toilette,
- trim,
- turn out,
- tutu,
- uniform,
- vestment,
- vesture,
- wear,
- wearing apparel