eveningwear

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noun

Clothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.

Similar
formalwearevening dressevening clothes
OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nouneveningwear (uncountable)
  1. uncountableClothes suitable for a formal occasion in the evening.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounattire to wear on formal occasions in the evening

Similar
formalwearevening dressevening clothes
Broader
attiregarbdress
Also see
evening dressformalwear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishevening
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. Englisheveningwear

From evening + -wear.

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Translations

Dutch avondkleding
  • avondkledingTranslations
Finnish ilta-asu
  • ilta-asuTranslations
French tenue de soirée
  • tenue de soiréeTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

eveningwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eveningwear

MLA

“eveningwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eveningwear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eveningwear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eveningwear.

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