Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class: Wearing clothes that are not one's everyday attire, but are instead designed to represent a specific character, historical era, nationality, or social group, often for a performance, celebration, or event.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The costumed actors at the Renaissance fair made the experience feel authentic.
  • Hundreds of costumed children went door-to-door for Halloween.
  • The museum guide was costumed as a Victorian schoolteacher.

Advanced Usage

• "to be costumed in": To be dressed in a specific type of costume.
  • The dancers were costumed in elaborate silk robes.
• "heavily/elaborately costumed": Wearing a costume that is very detailed, ornate, or complex.
  • The opera featured a heavily costumed chorus.

Variants and Related Words

• Costume (noun): The set of clothes worn to represent a particular character, period, or nation.
  • She wore a pirate costume to the party.
• Costume (verb): To dress someone in a costume.
  • The designer will costume the entire cast.
• Costumer / Costumier (noun): A person who makes or supplies costumes.

Synonyms

• Attired: Clothed or dressed, often in a specified way (can be more formal/general).
• Garbed: Dressed in distinctive clothing.
• Appareled: Clothed or dressed.

Antonyms

• Uncostumed: Not wearing a costume.
• Plainclothes: Wearing ordinary clothes, not a uniform or costume.

Related Phrases

• In costume: Wearing a costume.
  • Is everyone in costume for the photo?
• Period costume: Clothing from a specific historical era.
  • The film is notable for its accurate period costumes.

Adjective

1. dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class