textile

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Canada, US, UK/ˈtɛk.staɪl/Australia/ˈtek.stɑel/New Zealand/ˈtek.staɪl/New Zealand[ˈtek.stɑe̯l]

noun

Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

“a textile beach”

Similar
fabricmaterialcloth
Opposite
nudistnaturistantonym(s) of
OriginLatin textile →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nountextile (plural textiles)

plural textiles

  1. plural normallyAny material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

    Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated)

    Synonyms: fabric, material, fabric, cloth, cloth

  2. lifestyleA non-nudist.

    Antonyms: nudist, naturist

adjectivetextile (comparative more textile, superlative most textile)

comparative more textile · superlative most textile

  1. lifestyleClothing compulsive.

    a textile beach

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

Similar
fabricmaterialfabricclothcloth

nounA non-nudist.

Opposite
nudistnaturist

clothing optional, nude, naturist

Opposite
antonym(s) of

More synonyms by meaning

nounartifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Similar
fabricclothmaterial
Broader
artifactartefact
Also see
clothclothing compulsivefabricmaterial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintextile
  2. Englishtextile

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ὕφασμα
  • ὕφασμα (húphasma)cloth produced from fabric
Bulgarian плат
  • плат (plat)cloth produced from fabric
Chinese Mandarin 紡織 /纺织, 紡織品 /纺织品
  • 紡織 /纺织 (fǎngzhī)cloth produced from fabric
  • 紡織品 /纺织品 (fǎngzhīpǐn)cloth produced from fabric
Danish tekstil
  • tekstilcloth produced from fabric
Dutch textiel
  • textielcloth produced from fabric
Esperanto teksajo
  • teksajocloth produced from fabric
Finnish tekstiili, kude
  • tekstiilicloth produced from fabric
  • kudecloth produced from fabric
  • kangascloth produced from fabric
French textile, textile
  • textilecloth produced from fabric
  • textilenon-nudist
German Textilie
  • Textiliecloth produced from fabric
Hungarian szövet
  • szövetcloth produced from fabric
Icelandic textíll
  • textíllcloth produced from fabric
Italian tessuti
  • tessuticloth produced from fabric
Japanese 織物, テクスタイル
  • 織物 (orimono)cloth produced from fabric
  • テクスタイル (tekusutairu)cloth produced from fabric
Latin textilus
  • textiluscloth produced from fabric
Māori pūeru
  • pūerucloth produced from fabric
Norwegian Bokmål tekstil
  • tekstilcloth produced from fabric
Polish włókienniczy, materiały włokiennicze
  • włókienniczycloth produced from fabric
  • materiały włokienniczecloth produced from fabric
  • tekstyliacloth produced from fabric
Portuguese têxtil, tecido
  • têxtilcloth produced from fabric
  • tecidocloth produced from fabric
Russian тексти́ль, ткань
  • тексти́ль (tekstílʹ)cloth produced from fabric
  • ткань (tkanʹ)cloth produced from fabric
  • тексти́льщик (tekstílʹščik)non-nudist
  • тексти́льщица (tekstílʹščica)non-nudist
  • тексти́льник (tekstílʹnik)non-nudist
  • тексти́льница (tekstílʹnica)non-nudist
Spanish textil
  • textilcloth produced from fabric
Swedish textilier
  • textiliercloth produced from fabric
Welsh tecstil
  • tecstilcloth produced from fabric

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with textile

sextile
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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