necktie

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/ˈnɛk.taɪ/

noun

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

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Meanings

nounnecktie (plural neckties)

plural neckties

  1. A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

    Oh I have been to Ludlow fair / And left my necktie God knows where / And carried half way home, or near, / Pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.

    1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad

    Synonyms: tie[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

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tie[Appendix:Glossary

More synonyms by meaning

nounneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

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tie
Broader
neckwear
Also see
tie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From neck + tie.

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Translations

Afrikaans das, strop
  • dasstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • stropstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Arabic رِبَاط, رَبْطَةُ الْعُنُق
  • رِبَاط (ribāṭ)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • رَبْطَةُ الْعُنُق (rabṭatu l-ʕunuq)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • رِبَاطُ الْعُنُق (ribāṭu l-ʕunuq)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • كَرَافَة (karāfa)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • كَرَافَتَة (karāfata)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Basque korbata
  • korbatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Bengali নেকটাই
  • নেকটাই (nekṭai)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Bulgarian вратовръ́зка, връ́зка
  • вратовръ́зка (vratovrắzka)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • връ́зка (vrắzka)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Catalan corbata
  • corbatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Chinese Cantonese 領帶 /领带, 呔
  • 領帶 /领带strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • 呔 (taai¹)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Chinese Mandarin 領帶 /领带
  • 領帶 /领带 (lǐngdài)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Czech vázanka, kravata
  • vázankastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • kravatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Danish slips
  • slipsstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Dutch stropdas, das
  • stropdasstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • dasstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Esperanto kravato
  • kravatostrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Estonian lips
  • lipsstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Finnish solmio, kravatti
  • solmiostrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • kravattistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
French cravate
  • cravatestrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
German Krawatte, Schlips
  • Krawattestrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • Schlipsstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Greek γραβάτα, λαιμοδέτης
  • γραβάτα (graváta)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • λαιμοδέτης (laimodétis)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Hebrew עֲנִיבָה
  • עֲנִיבָה (anivá)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Hindi नेकटाई, टाई
  • नेकटाई (nekṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • टाई (ṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Hungarian nyakkendő
  • nyakkendőstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Icelandic bindi, slifsi
  • bindistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • slifsistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Indonesian dasi
  • dasistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Irish carbhat
  • carbhatstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Italian cravatta
  • cravattastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Japanese ネクタイ
  • ネクタイ (nekutai)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Korean 넥타이, 갈쓰뚝
  • 넥타이 (nektai)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • 갈쓰뚝 (galsseuttuk)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Latin fōcāle, fascia
  • fōcālestrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • fasciastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Latvian kaklasaite
  • kaklasaitestrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Lithuanian kaklaraištis
  • kaklaraištisstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Malay tai, tali leher
  • taistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • tali leherstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Māori neketai
  • neketaistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Norwegian Bokmål slips
  • slipsstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Polish krawat
  • krawatstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Portuguese gravata
  • gravatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Romanian cravată
  • cravatăstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Russian га́лстук
  • га́лстук (gálstuk)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Scottish Gaelic taidh
  • taidhstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Slovak viazanka, kravata
  • viazankastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • kravatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • nákrčníkstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Spanish corbata
  • corbatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Swahili tai
  • taistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Swedish slips
  • slipsstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Tagalog kurbata
  • kurbatastrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Thai เนคไท, ไท
  • เนคไท (nék-tái)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • ไท (tai)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Turkish kravat, boyunbağı
  • kravatstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • boyunbağıstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Ukrainian крава́тка, га́лстук
  • крава́тка (kravátka)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • га́лстук (hálstuk)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Urdu نِک ٹائی, نِکْٹائی
  • نِک ٹائی (nik ṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • نِکْٹائی (nikṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • نیک ٹائی (nek ṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • نیکْٹائی (nekṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • ٹائی (ṭāī)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Vietnamese cà vạt
  • cà vạtstrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Welsh tei
  • teistrip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Yiddish קראַוואַט, שניפּס
  • קראַוואַט (kravat)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
  • שניפּס (shnips)strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front
Cite this entry
APA

necktie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necktie

MLA

“necktie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necktie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “necktie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necktie.

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