paraphernalia

Noun

Meaning

Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gear appurtenance set material property equipment barde hardware thing furniture machinery apparatus KIT stuff tackle
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Antonyms

earth country forest flora cosmos hideaway
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Hypernyms

equipment

Hyponyms

KIT tackle rigging outfit rig tack

Related terms

parapherna paraphernal

Phrases with the word

miscellaneous paraphernalia

Examples

Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society. Robert Owen

We as a community have become so immersed in rituals and hundreds of paraphernalia when it comes to religion that we are no longer aware of the real wisdom of Hinduism. Mahendra Chaudhry

There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me. Hugh Jackman

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia. Trevor Dunn

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. Stephen Fry

My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. Christina Ricci

Close letter words and terms

paraphenylenediamine parapherna paraphernal parapheromone paraphia paraphile