Meanings
- IrelandUKnot comparableMade or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
Near-synonyms: custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
5 more examples
Marc Valeric, a Beverly Hills milliner, sold 125 bespoke hats in two weeks to women desperate to dress properly for royal receptions.
1983 March 7, Kurt Andersen, “Her Majesty in Mellowland”, in TimeWere Athenian pots bespoke, bearing images requested by Etruscans?
2001, Robin Osborne, “Why Did Athenian Pots Appeal to the Etruscans?”, in World Archaeology, volume 33, number 2, Taylor & Francis, →JSTOR, page 278People gathered round, since it was something of an event, their MP, in his bespoke pinstripe and red tie, clutching an old Wellington boot and about to hurl it through the air.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 10, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN… others are attempting the more ambitious feat of engineering bespoke human organs from scratch.
2012 August 1, Ed Yong, “Replacement Parts”, in The Scientist, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2012There are 436 escalators in the London Underground, and every one is totally bespoke.
2016, The Tube: Going Underground, season 1, episode 6Synonyms: custom, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built, custom-made, made-to-measure
- IrelandUKnot comparableRelating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
a bespoke tailor
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMade or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of clothing) custom-made
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan a mida (locution)
- a mida (locution)individually or custom-made
Chinese Mandarin 定做的, 定製的 /定制的
- 定做的 (dìngzuò de)individually or custom-made
- 定製的 /定制的 (dìngzhì de)individually or custom-made
- 定做的 (dìngzuò de)relating to someone who makes custom-made products
- 定製的 /定制的 (dìngzhì de)relating to someone who makes custom-made products
Czech na míru, zakázkový
- na míruindividually or custom-made
- zakázkovýindividually or custom-made
Danish skræddersyet
- skræddersyetindividually or custom-made
Dutch op maat gemaakt
- op maat gemaaktindividually or custom-made
Finnish räätälöity, yksilöllinen
- räätälöityindividually or custom-made
- yksilöllinenindividually or custom-made
- erikoisvalmisteinenindividually or custom-made
- mitta-individually or custom-made
- mittatilaus-individually or custom-made
- mittojen mukaan tehtyindividually or custom-made
- tilaustöitä tekevärelating to someone who makes custom-made products
- mittatilaustöitä tekevärelating to someone who makes custom-made products
French taillé à sa mesure, fait sur mesure
- taillé à sa mesureindividually or custom-made
- fait sur mesureindividually or custom-made
- personnaliséindividually or custom-made
German maßgeschneidert
- maßgeschneidertindividually or custom-made
Italian su misura
- su misuraindividually or custom-made
Japanese あつらえの
- あつらえの (atsurae no)individually or custom-made
Norwegian Bokmål skreddersydd, spesialtilpasset
- skreddersyddindividually or custom-made
- spesialtilpassetindividually or custom-made
Polish uszyty na miarę
- uszyty na miaręindividually or custom-made
Portuguese sob medida
- sob medidaindividually or custom-made
Russian сде́ланный/изгото́вленный на зака́з
- сде́ланный/изгото́вленный на зака́з (sdélannyj/izgotóvlennyj na zakáz)individually or custom-made
Spanish a medida (locution), personalizado
- a medida (locution)individually or custom-made
- personalizadoindividually or custom-made
- customizadoindividually or custom-made
- tuneadoindividually or custom-made
- personalizanterelating to someone who makes custom-made products
- customizanterelating to someone who makes custom-made products
Swedish skräddarsydd
- skräddarsyddindividually or custom-made
Turkish ısmarlama
- ısmarlamaindividually or custom-made
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bespoke
Cite this entry
bespoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespoke
“bespoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bespoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespoke.
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