Thesaurus results for HAIR PIECE

hairpiece

noun

ˈher-ˌpēs

as in wig

a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area if no one had told me he wore a hairpiece, I would have thought his hair was his own

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Recent Examples of hairpiece Then came another jab, and the hairpiece bounced up as if Miller’s scalp was the bottom of a gasping clam. —

Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 Miller finished the round with the hairpiece, then ripped it off in his corner between rounds and tossed it into the crowd at Madison Square Garden. —

Isabel Yip, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026 One of the punches knocked Miller’s head backward and his hairpiece popped upward from the front. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026 Then, Rick Owens turned the cut into overgrown lashes and pastel hairpieces directed by digital artist Bernardo Martins (and styled by Duffy). —

Essence, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hairpiece

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wig

Noun

The press was happy to accept her as a caricature, with her blond wig and false lashes, her heels, her diamonds.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special sees Cyrus return to the set of the Disney Channel show that launched her career, reflecting on her wigs, her closet and her early days in Hollywood alongside her mom Tish and dad Billy Ray.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026