costume

Clothes worn to look like a different person, animal, or character.

• I wore a pirate costume.
• The actors changed their costumes between scenes.
• What costume will you wear to the party?

Similar words: outfit, disguise

Common phrases: wear a costume, pirate costume, Halloween costume, fancy costume

The typical clothes and appearance of people from a particular country, group, or period.

• The dancers wore traditional costume.
• The museum displays costumes from the eighteenth century.
• Each region has its own national costume.

Similar words: dress, attire

Common phrases: national costume, traditional costume, period costume

To dress someone in clothes suitable for a character, performance, or special occasion.

• She costumed the entire cast.
• The children were costumed as birds.
• Who will costume the actors for the new play?

How to use it: costume someone as something (They costumed the children as woodland animals.); costume someone in something (The designer costumed the actors in period clothes.)

Similar words: dress, dress up

Common phrases: costume the cast, costume someone as something