Meanings
plural bowler hats
- A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim, formerly worn by men.
It takes a special arrogance to snort at an oral report on the origins (and proper tipping) of the bowler hat, but there’s Nathanial, giggling his way through the presentation before offering up his report on the more rarefied 14th-century Norwegian derby.
2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “Cabin Boy”, in AV Club
present singular third person bowler hats · participle present bowler hatting · participle past bowler hatted · past bowler hatted
- Synonym of bowler hat out (“eject someone from an organization”).
Synonyms: bowler hat out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of bowler hat out (“eject someone from an organization”).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bolhoed
- bolhoedhard round black felt hat
Bulgarian бомбе́
- бомбе́ (bombé)hard round black felt hat
Catalan barret fort, bolet
- barret forthard round black felt hat
- bolethard round black felt hat
- bombíhard round black felt hat
Chinese Mandarin 禮帽 /礼帽, 圓頂硬禮帽 /圆顶硬礼帽
- 禮帽 /礼帽 (lǐmào)hard round black felt hat
- 圓頂硬禮帽 /圆顶硬礼帽 (yuándǐng yìng lǐmào)hard round black felt hat
Czech buřinka
- buřinkahard round black felt hat
Dutch bolhoed, dophoed
- bolhoedhard round black felt hat
- dophoedhard round black felt hat
Finnish knalli
- knallihard round black felt hat
French chapeau melon
- chapeau melonhard round black felt hat
German Melone, Melonenhut
- Melonehard round black felt hat
- Melonenhuthard round black felt hat
Hungarian keménykalap
- keménykalaphard round black felt hat
Indonesian topi derbi, topi caplin
- topi derbihard round black felt hat
- topi caplinhard round black felt hat
Irish babhlaer
- babhlaerhard round black felt hat
Italian bombetta
- bombettahard round black felt hat
Japanese 山高帽, 山高帽子
- 山高帽 (yamatakabō)hard round black felt hat
- 山高帽子 (yamatakabōshi)hard round black felt hat
Korean 중산모, 중산모자
- 중산모 (jungsanmo)hard round black felt hat
- 중산모자 (jungsanmoja)hard round black felt hat
Persian شاپو ملون
- شاپو ملون (šâpo melon)hard round black felt hat
Polish melonik
- melonikhard round black felt hat
Portuguese chapéu-coco, chapéu de coco
- chapéu-cocohard round black felt hat
- chapéu de cocohard round black felt hat
Russian котело́к
- котело́к (kotelók)hard round black felt hat
Slovak pinč
- pinčhard round black felt hat
Spanish bombín, hongo
- bombínhard round black felt hat
- hongohard round black felt hat
Swedish plommonstop
- plommonstophard round black felt hat
Thai หมวกดาร์บี้
- หมวกดาร์บี้hard round black felt hat
Welsh het fowler, het galed
- het fowlerhard round black felt hat
- het galedhard round black felt hat
- bowlerhard round black felt hat
Cite this entry
bowler hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowler%20hat
“bowler hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowler%20hat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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