Synonyms for “Clothes”
Daily Writing Tips
AUGUST 11, 2016
Words that refer collectively to one’s clothes have an origin in the sense of equipment or preparation; here are a dozen words available as alternatives to clothes. Apparel , ultimately derived from the Latin verb apparare , meaning “prepare,” started out in English as a verb but then came to be associated with clothing (as well as a ship’s rigging); apparatus is related. Clothes comes from the Old English plural of cloth.
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