Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
Similar
false hairpostiche
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 髮片 /发片
- 髮片 /发片false substitute for a person's hair
Esperanto peruko
- perukofalse substitute for a person's hair
Finnish tekotukka, peruukki
- tekotukkafalse substitute for a person's hair
- peruukkifalse substitute for a person's hair
French perruque
- perruquefalse substitute for a person's hair
German Haarteil
- Haarteilfalse substitute for a person's hair
Italian parrucca
- parruccafalse substitute for a person's hair
Polish tresa, treska
- tresafalse substitute for a person's hair
- treskafalse substitute for a person's hair
Russian пари́к
- пари́к (parík)false substitute for a person's hair
Turkish takma saç, peruk
- takma saçfalse substitute for a person's hair
- perukfalse substitute for a person's hair
- perukafalse substitute for a person's hair
Cite this entry
APA
hairpiece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpiece
MLA
“hairpiece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpiece. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairpiece,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpiece.
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