garment
1 of 2noun
gar·ment ˈgär-mənt 
: an article of clothing
garment
2 of 2verb
garmented; garmenting; garments
transitive verb
: to clothe with or as if with a garment
Synonyms
Noun
- apparel
- attire
- clobber [British slang]
- clothes
- clothing
- costumery
- dress
- duds
- gear
- habiliment(s)
- habit [archaic]
- rags
- raiment
- rig
- rigging
- threads
- toggery
- togs
- vestiary
- vestments
- vesture
- wear
- wearables
- weeds
Verb
- apparel
- array
- attire
- bedeck
- caparison
- clothe
- costume
- deck (out)
- do up
- dress
- dress up
- enrobe
- garb
- get up
- gown
- habit
- invest
- rig (out)
- robe
- suit
- tog (up or out)
- toilet
- vesture
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb a socialite who was among the most gorgeously garmented women of her time
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 Typically, items will cost around $50-$120 per garment depending on the brand and level of detail, much like items in the real world. Leah Dolan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 In the same vein as vests, neckties are another garment traditionally associated with menswear that ladies of the 2000s made their own. Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2022 In the mid-to-late 1900s, Wynwood was known as Miami’s discount garment district. Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Other garment makers use different high-tech tools. Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Altogether, the dress gives the impression of one long piece of silk that has been fashioned into a garment, toga-style. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022 Wing Tai was founded in 1955 by Cheng Wai Keung’s father as a garment maker. Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 It’s all about building layers and depth within each garment. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 Kim Bhasin, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2019 See More
Noun
In her condominium just east of Naples, a wheeled garment rack at the end of her bed is loaded with a rainbow of at least 50 dyed and tanned python skins. Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 Typically, items will cost around $50-$120 per garment depending on the brand and level of detail, much like items in the real world. Leah Dolan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 In the same vein as vests, neckties are another garment traditionally associated with menswear that ladies of the 2000s made their own. Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2022 In the mid-to-late 1900s, Wynwood was known as Miami’s discount garment district. Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Other garment makers use different high-tech tools. Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Altogether, the dress gives the impression of one long piece of silk that has been fashioned into a garment, toga-style. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022 Wing Tai was founded in 1955 by Cheng Wai Keung’s father as a garment maker. Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 It’s all about building layers and depth within each garment. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 Verb
Sara Ziff, executive director of modeling advocacy group The Model Alliance, says retailers have the same obligation to models that apparel makers have to garment workers. Kim Bhasin, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, assimilated variant of garnement, borrowed from Anglo-French, "defense, clothing, item of apparel," from garnir "to equip, arm, decorate" + -ment -ment — more at garnish entry 1
Verb
derivative of garment entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1547, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing garment
Kids Definition
garment
noun
gar·ment ˈgär-mənt
: an article of clothing
garmenting
verb
as in clothing
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes a socialite who was among the most gorgeously garmented women of her time Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clothing
- dressing
- attiring
- gowning
- costuming
- garbing
- draping
- vesturing
- enrobing
- habiting
- bedecking
- appareling
- suiting
- wrapping
- robing
- caparisoning
- arraying
- apparelling
- jacketing
- dressing up
- frocking
- furnishing
- toileting
- getting up
- tailoring
- investing
- outfitting
- doing up
- uniforming
- decking (out)
- cloaking
- swaddling
- togging (up or out)
- swathing
- accoutering
- bedighting
- rigging (out)
- enswathing
- underdressing
- mantling
- equipping
- vesting
- habilitating
- accoutring
- dressing down
- huddling
- happing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stripping
- undressing
- unclothing
- disrobing
- denuding
- uncovering
- untrussing
- divesting
- disarraying
- unveiling
- undraping
