tailor

Speech parts

1. tailor - Noun

2. tailor - Verb

3. Tailor - Proper noun

Meaning

One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.

The silversides.

The goldfish.

To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cut sew tailor-make orient americanize convert change design style separate suit designer tradesman bluefish dressmaker
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Antonyms

smith smithy allow farrier damage break
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Hypernyms

design occupation fashion accommodate adapt forge

Hyponyms

gore quilt fitter run up

Phrases with the word

bespoke tailor tailor house said tailor tailor's chalk tailor's tack general tailor

Derivatives

tailored tailoring

Anagrams

Liator Rialto Triola

Examples

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein

The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. All the rest go on with their old measurements. George Bernard Shaw

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith. Ambrose Bierce

A lazy tailor finds his thread too long. Greek Proverb

A tailor does not select his cloth. Swahili Proverb

The tailor ill-dressed, the shoemaker ill-shod. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tailmost tailnumber tailocin tailor house tailor shop tailor's