Tailor

Noun

 * 1) A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
 * 2) The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.

Derived terms

 * tailoress

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, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.

Adjectives for Tailor
trained; efficient; master; custom; union experienced; faultless; loquacious; careful hand; fine; lusty; soft; skillful; artistic elaborate; casual; provincial; meticulous.

Verbs for Tailor
—accoutres; —alters; —apparels; —arrays; —attires; —biases; —borders; —designs; — drapes; —fits out; —flounces; —frills; — fringes; —gears; —hems; —outfits; —refurbishes; —renovates; —rigs; —seams; — sheathes; —styles; —tacks.

Adverbs for Tailor
expertly; superbly; smartly; properly; stylishly; luxuriously; expensively; handsomely; faultlessly; exquisitely; flawlessly; scientifically; meticulously; impeccably; artistically.

Thesaurus
accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, assimilate, attune, block out, busheler, bushelman, carve, cast, change, chisel, clothier, conform, convert, coordinate, costumier, couturier, create, cut, cut to, dovetail, dressmaker, efform, equalize, fashion, figure, fit, fitter, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, furrier, garmentmaker, gear to, harmonize, hew, homologate, homologize, key to, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, make plumb, make uniform, measure, mint, model, modify, modiste, mold, mould, needle, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, outfitter, proportion, put in tune, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, regulate, right, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sartor, sculpt, sculpture, seamster, seamstress, sempster, set, set right, sew, sew up, sewer, shape, shape up, similarize, square, stamp, stitch, stretch, style, suit, sync, synchronize, tailleur, tailoress, thermoform, trim to, true, true up, tune, work

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Azeri: dərzi
 * Basque: jostun
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: sastre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 裁縫, 裁缝
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skrædder, skrædderske
 * Dutch:, kleermaakster
 * Esperanto: tajloro,  virtajloro,  tajlorino
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, tailleuse
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi: दर्ज़ी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: klæðskeri, skraddari
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 仕立て屋, テーラー


 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ħajjat, ħajjata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skredder, skredderske
 * Nynorsk: skreddar
 * Persian: درزی
 * Polish:, krawcowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: croitor, croitoreasă
 * Russian:, портниха
 * Scottish Gaelic: tàillear
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: кројач, кројачица
 * Roman: krojač, krojačica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skräddare, skrädderska
 * Telugu: దర్జీ (darjee)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: درزی
 * Volapük: skrädan,  hiskrädan,  jiskrädan
 * Welsh: teiliwr
 * Yiddish: שנײַדער, שנײַדערקע


 * Bulgarian: лефер
 * Catalan: tallahams
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლუფარი
 * German: Blaufisch
 * Greek: γοφάρι


 * Lithuanian: melsvieji ešeriai
 * Portuguese: anchova, enchova
 * Romanian: lufar
 * Spanish: anjora
 * Swedish: blåfisk
 * Turkish:


 * : drēbnieks

Related terms

 * dressmaker
 * seamster

Verb

 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: kleermaken
 * Finnish:
 * German: schneidern
 * Macedonian: крои
 * Romanian:


 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: кројити
 * Roman: krojiti
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Bosnian: ukrojiti
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: zuschneiden,
 * Macedonian: скројува


 * Russian: приспосабливать
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: укројити
 * Roman: ukrojiti
 * Slovene: ukrojiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: skrädarsy