Attire
Attire noun - Covering for the human body.
Fancy dress and attire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fancy dress" instead a noun "Attire".
Nearby Words: attired, attiring
Fancy dress
Fancy dress noun - A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party.
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Synonyms for Fancy dress
Attire and fancy dress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attire" instead a noun phrase "Fancy dress".
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- In the Doctor Who special, "Voyage of the Damned," the rich snobs on the cruiseliner Titanic tell middle-class couple Morvin and Foon (who won their tickets in a contest) that the formal-attire dinner was fancy dress.
Source: It's a Costume Party, I Swear!
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