tailor

The word “tailor” has 2 syllables: tai-lor

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪ.lər/


What is synonym and antonym for tailor?

In the thesaurus, “tailor” has 104 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tailor along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tailor

  • acclimate
  • acclimatize
  • accommodate
  • accustom
  • acquaint
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • alter
  • attune
  • bend
  • clothier
  • condition
  • conform
  • convert
  • correct
  • costumier
  • couturier
  • custom-make
  • customize
  • cut
  • cut to fit
  • doctor
  • dovetail
  • dressmaker
  • edit
  • embroiderer
  • equip
  • establish
  • familiarize
  • fashion
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • garment maker
  • gear
  • habilitate
  • habituate
  • harden
  • harmonize
  • inure
  • knitter
  • make over
  • make to order
  • match
  • model
  • modify
  • mold
  • naturalize
  • needle worker
  • needlewoman
  • needleworker
  • orient
  • orientate
  • outfitter
  • pattern
  • phase
  • prepare
  • prime
  • put
  • quadrate
  • readapt
  • readjust
  • ready
  • recast
  • reclaim
  • reconcile
  • recycle
  • redesign
  • redevelop
  • redo
  • reengineer
  • refashion
  • refigure
  • refit
  • refocus
  • register
  • regulate
  • rehearse
  • reinvent
  • rejigger
  • remake
  • remodel
  • revamp
  • revise
  • rework
  • rig
  • root
  • seamster
  • seamstress
  • season
  • settle
  • sewer
  • shape
  • shape up
  • square
  • stitcher
  • style
  • suit
  • suit maker
  • tailor-make
  • toughen
  • train
  • transform
  • tune
  • weaver

Antonyms for tailor

  • disagree
  • disarrange
  • misadjust
  • refuse

Meanings of tailor

  • noun
    1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
    2. The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
  • verb
    1. To make, repair, or alter clothes.
    2. To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
    3. To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

Example Sentences

  • She went to the tailor to have her dress fitted for the wedding.
  • The tailor skillfully altered the pants to fit perfectly.
  • He admired the craftsmanship of the tailor who made his custom suit.
  • The tailor specializes in creating bespoke clothing for clients.
  • They hired a tailor to make alterations to their vintage clothing collection.

On this page you'll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tailor, such as: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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habit

  • accouter
  • accoutre
  • activewear
  • addiction
  • affectation
  • airs
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  • anatomy
  • apparel
  • array
  • assuetude
  • attire
  • attribute
  • bag
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  • bent
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  • bravery
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  • caparison
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  • civies
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  • clothe
  • clothes
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  • constitution
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  • convention
  • costume
  • costumery
  • couture
  • custom
  • dependance
  • dependence
  • deportment
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  • do up
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  • dress down
  • dress up
  • drill
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  • eccentricity
  • enrobe
  • ensemble
  • enswathe
  • equip
  • fashion
  • figure
  • finery
  • fixation
  • fixed attitude
  • foofaraw
  • form
  • frame
  • frame of mind
  • frippery
  • frock
  • furnish
  • gaiety
  • garb
  • garderobe
  • garment
  • garments
  • gaudery
  • gayety
  • gear
  • get up
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  • glad rags
  • gown
  • gravitation
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  • haberdashery
  • habiliment
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  • hangup
  • hap
  • heroinism
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  • impulsion
  • inclination
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  • jacket
  • jog trot
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  • kink
  • livery
  • loungewear
  • makeup
  • manner
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  • mantle
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  • menswear
  • mode
  • monkey
  • mores
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  • nature
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  • obsession
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  • outerwear
  • outfit
  • pattern
  • peculiarity
  • penchant
  • persuasion
  • physique
  • playwear
  • pose
  • practice
  • practise
  • praxis
  • predisposition
  • pret-a-porter
  • pretties
  • proclivity
  • proneness
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  • quirk
  • rags
  • raiment
  • ready-to-wear
  • regalia
  • regime
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  • riding clothes
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  • ritual
  • robe
  • rote
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  • second nature
  • set
  • shape
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  • sleepwear
  • smallclothes
  • sportswear
  • structure
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  • suit
  • susceptibility
  • swaddle
  • swathe
  • tailor
  • tailoring
  • tatters
  • tawdry
  • tendency
  • tenor
  • thing
  • threads
  • tic
  • toggery
  • togs
  • toilet
  • tolerance
  • trait
  • trick
  • trim
  • trumpery
  • turn
  • underclothes
  • underdress
  • underwear
  • uniform
  • usage
  • use
  • vest
  • vestiary
  • vestment
  • vestments
  • vesture
  • wardrobe
  • way
  • weakness
  • wear
  • wearables
  • weeds
  • wont
  • wrap

jacket

  • accouter
  • accoutre
  • apparel
  • armor
  • array
  • attire
  • backing
  • bark
  • bedeck
  • bedight
  • caparison
  • capsule
  • carapace
  • cartridge
  • case
  • casette
  • casing
  • cassette
  • cloak
  • clothe
  • coat
  • coating
  • cocoon
  • costume
  • cover
  • covering
  • coverture
  • crust
  • cuticle
  • do up
  • drape
  • dress
  • dress down
  • dress up
  • encasement
  • enrobe
  • enswathe
  • envelope
  • equip
  • facing
  • fleece
  • folder
  • frock
  • fur
  • furnish
  • garb
  • garment
  • get up
  • gown
  • habilitate
  • habit
  • hair
  • hap
  • hide
  • house
  • housing
  • huddle
  • hull
  • husk
  • invest
  • leather
  • mail
  • mantle
  • outfit
  • package
  • panoply
  • parka
  • pelage
  • pelt
  • pile
  • plate
  • plating
  • pod
  • robe
  • sheath
  • shell
  • shield
  • skin
  • suit
  • swaddle
  • swathe
  • tailor
  • threads
  • toilet
  • tunic
  • undercoat
  • underdress
  • underfur
  • uniform
  • vest
  • vesture
  • wool
  • wrap
  • wrapper
  • wrapping

qualify

  • OK
  • abate
  • accredit
  • accustom
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • affirm
  • allow
  • alter
  • approve
  • ascribe
  • assign
  • assuage
  • attribute
  • authorize
  • capacitate
  • certificate
  • certify
  • change
  • charter
  • check out
  • circumscribe
  • clear
  • color
  • come up to snuff
  • commission
  • condition
  • confirm
  • credential
  • cut it
  • describe
  • designate
  • diminish
  • distort
  • ease
  • educate
  • empower
  • enable
  • endorse
  • endow
  • enfranchise
  • entitle
  • equip
  • fill the bill
  • fit
  • get by
  • groom
  • ground
  • habituate
  • hack it
  • impute
  • inaugurate
  • individualize
  • individuate
  • indoctrinate
  • indorse
  • induct
  • initiate
  • install
  • instate
  • instruct
  • invest
  • legitimize
  • let
  • licence
  • license
  • limit
  • make it
  • make the cut
  • make the grade
  • mark
  • measure up
  • meet
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • name
  • narrow
  • okay
  • pass
  • pass muster
  • permit
  • pervert
  • predicate
  • prepare
  • privilege
  • ratify
  • reaccredit
  • ready
  • reapprove
  • recertify
  • recharter
  • reduce
  • regulate
  • restrain
  • revalidate
  • sanction
  • school
  • score
  • season
  • shape
  • signalize
  • singularize
  • soften
  • suffice
  • suit
  • swear in
  • tailor
  • teach
  • temper
  • train
  • tutor
  • twist
  • validate
  • vary
  • vest
  • warp
  • warrant
  • weaken

quarterback

  • Dutch uncle
  • accommodate
  • accompany
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advise
  • adviser
  • affect
  • agree
  • agree to
  • aide
  • architect
  • arrange
  • arranger
  • attend
  • attorney
  • atune
  • authority
  • baby-sit
  • backseat driver
  • bargain for
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beacon
  • block out
  • blueprint
  • boss
  • brainstorm
  • bring
  • bring on
  • builder
  • bully
  • buttinsky
  • calculate
  • call
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • captain
  • carry on
  • cause
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • chart
  • clubhouse lawyer
  • coach
  • coerce
  • combine
  • come to terms
  • command
  • commander
  • compel
  • compromise
  • concert
  • concoct
  • conduce
  • conduct
  • confidant
  • conform
  • conspire
  • construct
  • consultant
  • contemplate
  • contrive
  • contriver
  • control
  • control the affairs of
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cook up
  • coordinate
  • correlate
  • counsel
  • counselor
  • coxswain
  • crack the whip
  • craft
  • deal with
  • decide
  • design
  • designer
  • determine
  • developer
  • devise
  • direct
  • director
  • discipline
  • dispose
  • doctor
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • draft
  • drive
  • educate
  • employ
  • encourage
  • engineer
  • escort
  • establish
  • excite
  • expert
  • eye
  • figure on
  • figure out
  • finagler
  • find a way
  • fix to
  • force
  • form
  • formulate
  • formulator
  • frame
  • friend
  • galvanize
  • generator
  • get
  • get act together
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get the jump on
  • go along with
  • go out in front
  • govern
  • guard
  • guide
  • hammer out a deal
  • handle
  • handler
  • harmonize
  • hatch
  • hatcher
  • have a handle on
  • have the say
  • head
  • head up
  • hearten
  • helm
  • helper
  • herd
  • hold purse strings
  • hold sway over
  • hold the reins
  • impel
  • inaugurator
  • incline
  • induce
  • influence
  • initiate
  • initiator
  • inspect
  • inspire
  • inspirer
  • instill
  • instituter
  • institutor
  • instruct
  • instructor
  • integrate
  • intrigue
  • introduce
  • invent
  • iron out
  • judge
  • keep
  • keep an eye on
  • kibitzer
  • launch
  • lawyer
  • lay in provisions
  • lay out
  • lead
  • leader
  • line up
  • look after
  • machinator
  • make a connection
  • make arrangements
  • make ready
  • maker
  • manage
  • manager
  • maneuver
  • maneuverer
  • manipulate
  • map
  • map out
  • marshal
  • mastermind
  • meditate
  • mentor
  • mesh
  • monitor
  • motivate
  • move
  • navigate
  • negotiate
  • operate
  • ordain
  • order
  • organize
  • organizer
  • originate
  • originator
  • outline
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • partner
  • pass along
  • persuade
  • pilot
  • pioneer
  • planner
  • plot
  • plotter
  • point out
  • point the way
  • pool
  • precede
  • predominate
  • prepare
  • preside over
  • prevail
  • priest
  • produce
  • producer
  • project
  • promote
  • prompt
  • proportion
  • protect
  • provide
  • pull a wire
  • pull things together
  • pull together
  • push buttons
  • ready
  • reckon on
  • reconcile
  • reconciliate
  • referee
  • regiment
  • regulate
  • reign
  • reign over
  • represent
  • resolve
  • ride herd on
  • righthand man
  • righthand person
  • rough in
  • route
  • rule
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • schedule
  • scheme
  • schemer
  • second-guesser
  • see
  • serve
  • set out
  • set stage
  • settle
  • shape
  • shape up
  • shepherd
  • show
  • show around
  • show in
  • show the way
  • sit on top of
  • sketch
  • skipper
  • span
  • spark
  • spawner
  • spearhead
  • spur
  • squire
  • steer
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • survey
  • sway
  • synchronize
  • systematize
  • tailor
  • take care of
  • take charge
  • take the reins
  • teach
  • teacher
  • team up
  • tend
  • tipster
  • tout
  • trace
  • trail-blaze
  • trailblaze
  • train
  • traverse
  • tutor
  • usher
  • watch
  • watch over
  • work out
  • work out a deal

calibrate

  • adapt
  • add
  • add up
  • adjudge
  • adjust
  • align
  • appraise
  • arrange
  • ascertain
  • assess
  • average
  • balance
  • beat
  • blend
  • bound
  • bring into line
  • calculate
  • caliper
  • check
  • check out
  • choose
  • cipher
  • class
  • compare
  • compute
  • connect
  • correct
  • count
  • deduct
  • delimit
  • demarcate
  • determine
  • divide
  • dope out
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • even
  • eye
  • figure
  • figure in
  • figure out
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • fix
  • focus
  • gage
  • gauge
  • gradate
  • grade
  • graduate
  • grind
  • group
  • guess
  • guesstimate
  • improve
  • improve accommodate
  • itemize
  • level
  • limit
  • line
  • look over
  • make improvements
  • mark
  • mark off
  • mark out
  • measure
  • measure out
  • mend
  • mete
  • meter
  • multiply
  • number
  • order
  • overhaul
  • pace off
  • peg
  • plumb
  • polish
  • portion
  • proportion
  • prorate
  • put in working order
  • quantify
  • quantitate
  • range
  • rank
  • rate
  • read
  • readjust
  • recalculate
  • reckon
  • recompute
  • rectify
  • refigure
  • regulate
  • renovate
  • repair
  • rhyme
  • rule
  • scale
  • service
  • set
  • shade
  • sharpen
  • size
  • size up
  • sort
  • sound
  • specify
  • square
  • stroke
  • subtract
  • sum
  • survey
  • tailor
  • take account
  • take account of
  • tally
  • tighten
  • time
  • total
  • totalize
  • troubleshoot
  • tune up
  • tweak
  • value
  • weigh
  • work out

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