dressing room

noun

: a room used chiefly for dressing

especially : a room in a theater for changing costumes and makeup

Examples of dressing room in a Sentence

He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.

Recent Examples on the Web

Which brings us back to Tristan Gary, still mulling the details of her dream dressing room. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

Foligno is excited about the roster that’s coming back for the Wild, even though there have been some changes, with some key names leaving the dressing room. — Joe Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2026

There are no celebrity trailer vibes outside of the dressing room. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

The ‘closet’ is, in fact, a corner of his dressing room at Chicago’s Goodman Theater, where Offerman is working alongside his wife Megan Mullally in the musical Iceboy! — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dressing room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume

Kids Definition

dressing room

noun

: a room (as in a theater) used for dressing