Meanings
nountop hat (plural top hats)
plural top hats · alternative top-hat · alternative tophat
- A man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
Synonyms: stovepipe hat, topper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قبعة علوية
- قبعة علويةcylindrical hat
Bulgarian цилиндър
- цилиндър (cilindăr)cylindrical hat
Catalan barret de copa
- barret de copacylindrical hat
Chinese Mandarin 大禮帽 /大礼帽, 高頂絲質禮帽 /高顶丝质礼帽
- 大禮帽 /大礼帽 (dàlǐmào)cylindrical hat
- 高頂絲質禮帽 /高顶丝质礼帽 (gāodǐng sīzhì lǐmào)cylindrical hat
Danish høj hat, kakkelovnsrør
- høj hatcylindrical hat
- kakkelovnsrørcylindrical hat
- cylinderhatcylindrical hat
Dutch hogehoed, tophoed
- hogehoedcylindrical hat
- tophoedcylindrical hat
- cilinderhoedcylindrical hat
Esperanto cilindra ĉapelo
- cilindra ĉapelocylindrical hat
Estonian silinder, torukübar
- silindercylindrical hat
- torukübarcylindrical hat
- silinderkübarcylindrical hat
Finnish silinteri, silinterihattu
- silintericylindrical hat
- silinterihattucylindrical hat
French haut-de-forme, hauteforme
- haut-de-formecylindrical hat
- hauteformecylindrical hat
German Zylinder
- Zylindercylindrical hat
Greek ημίψηλο
- ημίψηλο (imípsilo)cylindrical hat
Hebrew מִגְבַּעַת
- מִגְבַּעַת (migbá'at)cylindrical hat
Hungarian cilinder
- cilindercylindrical hat
Icelandic pípuhattur, stromphattur
- pípuhatturcylindrical hat
- stromphatturcylindrical hat
Irish hata ard
- hata ardcylindrical hat
Italian cilindro
- cilindrocylindrical hat
Japanese トップハット, シルク ハット
- トップハット (toppu hatto)cylindrical hat
- シルク ハット (shiruku hatto)cylindrical hat
Korean 탑햇, 실크해트
- 탑햇 (taphaet)cylindrical hat
- 실크해트 (silkeuhaeteu)cylindrical hat
Polish cylinder
- cylindercylindrical hat
Portuguese cartola
- cartolacylindrical hat
Russian цили́ндр
- цили́ндр (cilíndr)cylindrical hat
Spanish sombrero de copa, sombrero de copa alta
- sombrero de copacylindrical hat
- sombrero de copa altacylindrical hat
- galeracylindrical hat
- chisteracylindrical hat
- (monosemic) bimbacylindrical hat
- gabinacylindrical hat
Swedish cylinderhatt
- cylinderhattcylindrical hat
Turkish silindir şapka
- silindir şapkacylindrical hat
Ukrainian цилі́ндр
- цилі́ндр (cylíndr)cylindrical hat
Vietnamese mũ chóp cao
- mũ chóp caocylindrical hat
Welsh het silc
- het silccylindrical hat
Yiddish צילינדער
- צילינדער (tsilinder)cylindrical hat
Cite this entry
APA
top hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20hat
MLA
“top hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20hat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top hat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20hat.
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