dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.

Recent Examples on the Web

No matter the venue or dress code, today’s wedding guests are no longer dressing to blend in, but to make an entrance. —Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 28 May 2026

As part of its merger with Alaska Air Group’s Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines just announced new dress code rules for flight attendants on select routes—a change that now bans one of the most identifiable symbols of the airline’s identity. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 May 2026

Meanwhile, on the red carpets, stars kept things polished and glamorous in adherence to the famously strict dress code. —Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 25 May 2026

Abiding by the pajama dress code, the mom-to-be was sporting red loungewear and a matching fuzzy devil horns tiara for the meal. —Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dress code

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad