1. (noun)costume the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
2. (noun)costume unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
3. (noun)costume the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
4. (verb)costume the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
5. (verb)costume, dress up dress in a costume Synonyms: tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, dress up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick up
6. (verb)costume furnish with costumes; as for a film or play Synonyms: dress up
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'costume'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. costume Clothing denotes the entire covering of the body, taken as a whole; clothes and garments view it as composed of separate parts. Clothes, clothing, and garments may be used of inner or out Synonyms: dress, apparel, clothes, garb, habit, uniform, array, clothing, garments, raiment, vestments, attire, costume, habiliments, robes, vesture Antonyms: bareness, dishabille, exposure, nakedness, nudity, undress, disarray